Chapter 14 - THE MAN WHO STOLE TWENTY YEARS

Everything happened in seconds.

David raised the gun.

Matthew pushed Sarah behind him.

Charles stepped forward.

And then…

A gunshot exploded through the warehouse.

Sarah screamed.

But nobody fell.

Because Charles had moved.

The bullet hit his shoulder.

He collapsed.

“Charles!”

Matthew caught him before he hit the ground.

David stared.

Almost annoyed.

“You always were too loyal.”

Charles looked up.

“Someone had to be.”

David smiled.

“After all these years, you still don’t understand.”

Matthew helped Charles sit down.

“What do you want?”

David laughed.

“What I always wanted.”

He looked around the warehouse.

“Control.”

“Money?”

“No.”

David shook his head.

“Money is just a tool.”

He looked at Matthew.

“Power is making people believe you are the only one who can save them.”

Matthew stared.

“You destroyed my family for power.”

“No.”

David’s expression hardened.

“Your family destroyed itself.”

Sarah held onto Matthew’s jacket.

“Daddy…”

“I’m here.”

David noticed.

“You know what’s funny?”

Matthew said nothing.

“That little girl was the reason everything changed.”

He pointed at Sarah.

“Your father changed his will because of her.”

“Yes.”

“And that made everyone panic.”

David smiled.

“Because if Sarah inherited Sullivan Holdings, everything I built would disappear.”

Matthew’s eyes narrowed.

“So you created all of this.”

David didn’t answer.

But he didn’t need to.

The truth was there.

The lies.

The threats.

The accident.

Everything.

Matthew stepped forward.

“You ruined Anne’s life.”

“Yes.”

“You separated a daughter from her father.”

“Yes.”

“You tried to kill a five-year-old child.”

David looked at Sarah.

For the first time, his face showed something.

Not regret.

Not guilt.

Fear.

Because he knew what he had done.

And he knew Matthew would never forgive him.

“You think you’re different from your father.”

David smiled.

“You’re not.”

Matthew stopped.

“You became powerful because you were angry.”

A pause.

“You built an empire because you wanted revenge.”

David lowered the gun slightly.

“But Sarah…”

He looked at her.

“She changed you.”

Matthew looked down.

At his daughter.

The little girl with the broken bracelet.

The little girl who offered her dolls to save someone else.

And he realized something.

David was right about one thing.

Sarah changed him.

But not into a weaker man.

Into a better one.

Sirens sounded outside.

Police surrounded the building.

David looked toward the doors.

“You called them?”

Matthew shook his head.

“No.”

Everyone looked confused.

Then Emily walked in.

Holding a phone.

“I did.”

David’s face changed.

“Emily?”

She looked at him.

“I finally understood who the real enemy was.”

David stared.

“You betrayed me?”

Emily shook her head.

“No.”

She looked at Matthew.

“I stopped protecting the wrong people.”

Police rushed inside.

David was arrested.

The nightmare was finally ending.

But before they took him away, David looked at Matthew.

“You think this is over?”

Matthew stared.

“It is.”

David smiled.

“No.”

He looked at Sarah.

“You still don’t know the biggest secret.”

Matthew’s face changed.

“What secret?”

David only laughed.

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“Ask Anne who Sarah’s real father was supposed to be.”