Chapter 12 - THE FILE THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING

The police separated everyone.

Camille was taken away for questioning.

Marcus was detained.

Wes was finally reunited with Adeline.

The moment she hugged him, she almost collapsed.

“I’m sorry.”

Wes looked confused.

“For what?”

“For putting you in danger.”

The little boy shook his head.

“You saved me.”

Those words broke her heart.

Because children should not have to understand danger.

They should only understand childhood.

Later that night, Nico sat in his room.

The flash drive was on the table.

He had not opened it.

Adeline noticed.

“You’re afraid of what’s inside.”

Nico looked at her.

“I’m afraid I already know.”

She sat across from him.

“Then why keep it?”

“Because some truths change everything.”

She understood.

Sometimes people say they want answers.

But answers come with a price.

Finally, Nico inserted the flash drive.

A folder appeared.

Only one file.

ALFIERI FAMILY RECORDS

They opened it.

The first document was old.

Very old.

It was a report about Nico’s father.

Then another.

Then another.

Adeline frowned.

“What is this?”

Nico read silently.

His face changed.

“What?”

He handed her the screen.

She read the document.

Then froze.

It was not about the accident.

It was about the company.

The family.

And a hidden account nobody knew existed.

A secret fortune.

Moved years ago.

By Nico’s uncle.

Someone everyone believed was dead.

“What does this mean?”

Nico stared at the screen.

“It means Camille wasn’t only after my money.”

Adeline looked at him.

“Then what?”

His voice became quiet.

“She was trying to hide something bigger.”

Before they could continue—

Someone knocked.

The door opened.

Edna stood there.

Her face was pale.

“Nico.”

He looked up.

“What happened?”

The old housekeeper held a letter.

“I found this hidden in your father’s office.”

Nico took it.

The handwriting made him freeze.

Because he knew it.

It was his father’s handwriting.

But his father had been dead for six years.

He opened the letter.

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Only one sentence was written inside.

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