Chapter 9 - Sebastian’s Confession
Sebastian entered slowly.
He didn't carry a weapon.
That made him more frightening.
Beatrice stood between him and the file.
“You poisoned Lorenzo.”
Sebastian looked at the papers.
“I kept him alive.”
“You weakened him.”
“I controlled his medication.”
“You planned his death.”
Sebastian sighed.
“You think this is simple.”
Caldwell stepped forward.
“You could have killed him.”
“I never wanted him dead.”
Beatrice stared.
“Then why?”
Sebastian looked at Lorenzo's file.
“Because Lorenzo owns something someone else wants.”
“What?”
Sebastian remained silent.
Then he looked at Beatrice.
“You found it.”
She remembered the hidden file.
“The trust?”
He nodded.
“The Rossi Family Trust contains assets that belong to someone who disappeared twenty years ago.”
“Who?”
Sebastian's expression changed.
“My father.”
Beatrice frowned.
“Your father?”
“He built the first Moretti organization with Lorenzo's father.”
Lorenzo's voice came from behind them.
“You told me your father died.”
Sebastian froze.
Lorenzo had been brought to the archive in a wheelchair by two nurses.
His face was pale.
But his eyes were sharp.
“You lied to me.”
Sebastian looked at him.
“I had no choice.”
“Everyone says that.”
Lorenzo looked at the file.
“Where is your father?”
Sebastian swallowed.
“Alive.”
Silence.
Beatrice felt the entire story shift.
Sebastian hadn't been trying to steal Lorenzo's empire.
He had been trying to force Lorenzo to sign control of the trust.
But why had his father waited twenty years?
Lorenzo asked the question.
Sebastian answered:
“Because your father took something from him.”
“What?”
Sebastian looked directly at Lorenzo.
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