Chapter 3 - THE MAN BEHIND THE FIRE
Ethan refused to wait until morning.
He gathered his security team and prepared to rescue Amelia.
But Lily stopped him.
“There is something you need to know.”
She revealed the truth she had hidden for years.
After the hospital fire, a nurse named Clara saved her.
The nurse knew someone wanted the baby dead.
She secretly gave Lily to Nora, believing Nora would protect her.
But Nora betrayed that promise.
She accepted Victor’s money.
She changed Lily’s identity.
She kept her hidden.
Ethan felt sick.
A child had spent seven years living under the control of the people who destroyed his family.
Then Lily revealed another secret.
“The nurse left something for you.”
She pulled out a small folded paper.
Inside was a message.
“Ethan, if you are reading this, Victor knows the baby survived.”
The paper continued.
“He started the fire because of the Blackwood inheritance.”
Ethan finally understood.
Victor never wanted money.
He wanted everything.
The company.
The trust.
The power.
And Lily was the only person standing in his way.
But the message ended with one terrifying sentence.
“Do not trust anyone inside the Blackwood family.”
Ethan looked at Lily.
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Someone else was helping Victor.
Someone close.
