CHAPTER 2 — The Woman Who Disappeared
CHAPTER 2 — The Woman Who Disappeared
Hazel Brooks vanished.
No apartment.
No relatives.
No social media.
No history.
It was as if someone had erased her from existence.
Damian's investigators found only fragments.
A fake employment record.
A false address.
A bank account created under another name.
The deeper they searched, the more impossible she became.
Garrett placed a folder on Damian's desk.
"Boss, this woman isn't a secretary."
Damian opened the file.
Inside were photos.
Hazel in different cities.
Different identities.
Different years.
Always near powerful people.
Always before something dangerous happened.
Damian's eyes narrowed.
"Who is she?"
Garrett looked uncomfortable.
"Someone who doesn't want to be found."
Then Damian noticed the last photograph.
Hazel standing beside a younger version of himself.
May you like
Twenty years earlier.
Before he became the man everyone feared.
