Chapter 5 - The Brother Who Was Supposed To Be Dead
Matteo stepped into the light.
Alex stared at him.
His younger brother looked thinner, older, and exhausted.
But he was alive.
For several seconds, neither brother spoke.
Then Alex crossed the room.
Matteo raised a hand.
“Don't.”
Alex stopped.
“You're alive.”
“I've been trying to stay that way.”
“You let me bury you.”
“I had no choice.”
Alex's voice broke with anger.
“You always had a choice.”
Matteo looked at Sarah.
“She didn't tell you everything.”
Sarah stiffened.
Alex turned toward her.
“What didn't she tell me?”
Matteo answered.
“She wasn't sent to protect you.”
Sarah's eyes hardened.
“I was.”
“No.”
Matteo looked at his brother.
“She was sent to kill you.”
The room went silent.
Alex slowly turned toward Sarah.
Sarah didn't deny it.
Twelve years earlier, Meridian had convinced the agency that Alex was responsible for Matteo's disappearance.
Sarah had been ordered to eliminate him.
But she had investigated first.
She discovered the evidence had been fabricated.
Alex wasn't the target.
He was the bait.
Meridian wanted Sarah to kill him because his death would trigger a war inside the Vincenzo organization.
That war would create chaos.
And chaos would make Meridian powerful.
Sarah refused.
Instead, she disappeared.
Matteo helped her.
Together, they spent years collecting evidence.
But someone had found them.
Matteo looked at Alex.
“The restaurant wasn't an assassination attempt.”
Alex frowned.
“What?”
“They wanted Sarah exposed.”
Sarah nodded.
“They wanted me identified publicly.”
“Why?”
Matteo looked at her.
“Because Sparrow is the only person who knows where Meridian's original records are.”
Alex looked at Sarah.
“Where?”
Sarah's expression was cold.
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“In your family.”
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