Chapter 14 - THE LAST BETRAYAL

I didn’t sleep that night.

I couldn’t.

Too many memories.

Too many questions.

Too many people I trusted.

The next morning, I gathered everyone.

Elena.

Victor.

Rhea.

Even my attorney, who was now cooperating with investigators.

“We need the truth.”

Nobody spoke.

Finally, Victor placed a file on the table.

“We found the connection.”

Inside were old records.

Messages.

Financial transfers.

And one name.

My father’s brother.

My uncle Richard.

I stared at the paper.

“No.”

Victor nodded.

“He helped Daniel hide the money.”

I felt sick.

Richard had been part of my family my entire life.

He attended my wedding.

He held Perrin as a baby.

He called me his son.

“How?”

Elena answered.

“Daniel needed someone close enough to control the company.”

“And Richard?”

“He wanted your inheritance.”

I laughed bitterly.

“So everyone wanted something from me.”

Elena reached for my hand.

“Not everyone.”

I looked at Perrin’s bedroom door.

My son.

The only person who never lied to me.

A knock came from the front door.

Everyone froze.

I opened it carefully.

And there he was.

Richard.

Older.

Tired.

But still wearing that familiar smile.

“James.”

My blood ran cold.

“How did you get out?”

He smiled.

“Out of what?”

“The police know everything.”

He laughed.

“You still think Daniel was the mastermind.”

I stared at him.

“What are you saying?”

Richard stepped inside.

“He was just a tool.”

Nobody moved.

Victor whispered:

“No…”

Richard smiled.

“The real plan started twenty years ago.”

My chest tightened.

“What plan?”

He looked around the house.

“This family was always supposed to belong to me.”

Anger replaced fear.

“You destroyed my life.”

“No.”

He shook his head.

“I corrected a mistake.”

He pulled out a small device.

A remote.

My eyes widened.

“What is that?”

Richard smiled.

“The security system.”

The lights suddenly went off.

Every door locked.

Every window sealed.

The house became a prison again.

Just like before.

Perrin ran toward me.

“Dad!”

I grabbed him.

Richard’s voice came through the speakers.

“You spent so much time looking for the hidden room…”

A pause.

“You forgot there were more.”

My heart stopped.

“What did you do?”

Richard laughed.

“Welcome home, James.”

Then the floor beneath us started to shake.

A hidden panel opened.

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