Chapter 17 - The Man Behind the CurtainThe family patriarch had faked his own death years earlier.
He had been running the organization from overseas.
Richard had been his son.
Vanessa had been his employee.
And Evelyn had discovered everything.
The fire had been ordered because Evelyn was preparing to testify.
Richard had been forced to cooperate.
Vanessa had been ordered to monitor the children.
But the patriarch underestimated one thing.
Lily.
She remembered every detail.
Every room.
Every voice.
Every secret passage.
And she remembered a phrase her mother once told her.
“Always look where the light cannot reach.”
Lily suddenly pointed toward the mansion's old clock tower.
“The book.”
Inside the clock mechanism was the original evidence.
Bank transfers.
Recordings.
Names.
Dates.
Everything.
Noah smiled for the first time in months.
“We have him.”
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But before they could retrieve it, police sirens filled the night.
This time, they weren't alone.
