Chapter 12 - The Real Enemy
Sebastian agreed to cooperate.
He gave Lorenzo the names of the businessmen who had been pressuring him.
The evidence connected them to the medical supplier that had provided the altered medication.
They had funded Sebastian's father's disappearance.
They had also manipulated the Rossi family for years.
Their plan was simple.
Lorenzo would die.
Sebastian would inherit control.
The trust would be transferred.
Then the outside group would acquire the remaining assets through debt and legal claims.
Beatrice realized something.
“The IV bag wasn't the whole plan.”
“No,” Lorenzo said.
“It was the final step.”
The first stage had been weakening him.
The second was stealing his authority.
The third was making Sebastian take the blame.
The fourth would have left both families destroyed.
Caldwell gathered every medical record.
Lorenzo authorized an independent investigation.
For the first time, the estate became quiet.
But there was still one problem.
The men behind the scheme knew they had been exposed.
That night, the power suddenly went out.
The medical monitors switched to emergency backup.
Beatrice immediately reached Lorenzo's room.
Sebastian was already there.
“Stay with him,” he ordered.
Beatrice looked at him.
“Where are you going?”
“To find out who cut the power.”
He disappeared into the hallway.
Minutes later, a nurse screamed.
Someone had entered through the rear entrance.
Beatrice locked Lorenzo's door.
She stood between him and the hallway.
Lorenzo looked at her.
“You should leave.”
“No.”
“You could get hurt.”
Beatrice shook her head.
“I've spent seventeen years being invisible.”
She looked toward the door.
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“Tonight, they finally have to see me.”
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