Chapter 11 - THE NIGHT EVERYTHING COLLAPSED

We escaped through the tunnel before Daniel found us.

By sunrise, we had one goal.

Expose him.

But Daniel was already moving.

The news broke before we could act.

“Billionaire businessman James Carter under investigation after evidence links him to wife’s disappearance.”

I stared at the television.

My face.

My name.

My life.

Destroyed in seconds.

Perrin sat beside Elena.

“Are they going to take Dad away?”

Elena pulled him close.

“No.”

But her voice shook.

She wasn’t sure.

I looked at Victor.

“We need to release the recording.”

He shook his head.

“Not enough.”

“Why?”

“Daniel planned for this.”

Victor showed me his laptop.

The recording had been manipulated online.

Someone had already released a fake version.

In the fake recording…

I confessed.

My stomach turned.

“He’s controlling everything.”

Victor nodded.

“He has people everywhere.”

Then Rhea walked into the room.

She looked exhausted.

But determined.

“I know where he keeps the original files.”

Everyone turned.

I stared at her.

“Why help us now?”

She looked at Perrin.

“Because I failed him once.”

A silence filled the room.

“I was afraid.”

She swallowed.

“I thought obeying Daniel would keep everyone safe.”

Elena looked at her.

“You helped him hurt my son.”

Rhea lowered her head.

“I know.”

No excuses.

No defense.

Just guilt.

I respected that more than another lie.

“Where are the files?”

She looked at me.

“Daniel’s private office.”

Victor frowned.

“That place is impossible to enter.”

I smiled.

“No.”

I looked at the screen showing Daniel’s mansion.

“It’s impossible if he thinks we’re coming.”

That night, we went in.

Not as victims.

Not as people running away.

As people who had finally decided to fight back.

Inside Daniel’s office, we found everything.

Financial records.

Fake identities.

Photos.

Videos.

Then I found one folder.

My name was written across it.

Inside was a video.

I pressed play.

Daniel appeared on screen.

But the date shocked me.

Three years earlier.

Before Elena disappeared.

Daniel looked directly into the camera.

“If you’re watching this, James…”

He smiled.

“You finally discovered the truth.”

Then he said something that made Elena cry.

“Your wife was never my target.”

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“My target was your son.”