Chapter 7 - The Unraveling Trap
Emily stared at the powerful old man weeping on the floor before her. The silver locket she had worn around her neck her entire life suddenly clicked in her memory—the waterfront estate in the photo matched the Moretti family crest stamped on Vincent’s gold ring.
"Why was I left in foster care?" Emily demanded, her voice cracking with emotional strain, though her hand remained steady on the gun. "Who took me from you?"
Paulie Vane, groaning on the floor through his burns, let out a bitter, blood-choked laugh.
"Ask your precious father..." Paulie spat, glaring at Vincent. "Ask him about his loyal lieutenant, Marcus! It was Marcus who sold you to a human trafficking ring twenty-five years ago to trigger a war and take over the family business!"
Vincent looked up, a wave of dark, lethal realization crashing over him. Marcus had been his right-hand man for thirty years—the man who had comforted him when his daughter vanished, the man who managed his private security.
Marcus had built his entire career on a lie built on a child's suffering.
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"Marcus is at the main estate right now," Matteo revealed, struggling to his feet. "He's consolidating the offshore accounts tonight while he thinks we're at the docks."
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