Chapter 10 - The Document That Could Destroy Them
The document was gone.
Lorenzo's study had been searched.
Drawers opened.
Books scattered.
The safe stood open.
But the money was untouched.
Only one thing was missing.
The original family trust.
Lorenzo stared at the empty safe.
“He doesn't need my signature anymore.”
Isabella understood.
“Because Marcus already has it.”
She remembered the wedding preparations.
A photographer had asked Lorenzo to sign a commemorative album.
A florist had brought another form.
The priest had handed him a ceremonial registry.
Lorenzo had signed dozens of papers that morning.
One of them could have been substituted.
Camila suddenly whispered:
“The marriage certificate.”
Everyone looked at her.
Arthur had arranged for a private legal representative to handle the paperwork.
That representative was gone.
Daniel checked the cathedral office.
The certificate had been removed.
Lorenzo's blood ran cold.
If Marcus had replaced the document, the transfer could already be legally prepared.
But Isabella noticed something.
The dropped phone.
Its recording had started before the ceremony.
She replayed it.
Arthur's voice.
The sound of paper.
Then Marcus's voice.
“Once the signature is obtained, destroy the original.”
Lorenzo looked at her.
“That's it.”
The recording was not just evidence.
It was proof that the document was fraudulent.
They only needed to find the original.
Then the doors of the cathedral opened.
Marcus Vale walked inside.
Alive.
Wearing a dark suit.
Smiling.
He looked at Lorenzo.
“Congratulations, nephew.”
Lorenzo slowly raised his weapon.
Marcus smiled wider.
“You're holding the wrong person at gunpoint.”
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Then Arthur appeared behind him.
And Marcus held the original wedding certificate.
