Chapter 5 - The Piano Trap
Dominic didn't confront Serena in the hallway. A true boss never revealed his hand until the trap was perfectly set.
He gently patted Rose’s head, giving the brave five-year-old a rare, genuine smile. "You are the best spy in Chicago, Rose. Go back to your room. I'll handle the bad guys."
Rose beamed proudly and scurried silently away toward the staff quarters.
Dominic stood up, adjusting his white unbuttoned shirt. He waited until Serena slipped back upstairs to his master bedroom. Then, he walked quietly into the dim music room.
He opened the grand piano and retrieved the cream-colored envelope.
Inside was a detailed, printed schematic of his entire estate, highlighting the exact locations of his security cameras, the combination codes to his personal safes, and a handwritten note confirming a multi-million-dollar immunity payout for Serena once Dominic was successfully arrested.
Dominic’s dark eyes burned with absolute, freezing malice. She wanted to play the spy game. He was going to show her exactly why he was the most feared man in the city.
He took out a sleek, black ink pen. He didn't destroy the map. He altered it. He changed the safe combinations. He marked empty rooms as heavily guarded armories, and heavily guarded armories as empty rooms.
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He placed the envelope exactly where he found it.
👉 What will happen when Friday night finally arrives?
