Chapter 10 - The Second BetrayalVanessa had been working for Ryan.
The USB drive had been part of a larger plan.
He wanted me to turn against Crawford.
He wanted the investigation to collapse.
And then came the final revelation.
Ten million dollars had disappeared before the accounts were frozen.
Vanessa had it.
She had vanished.
For the first time, I wasn't furious.
I was tired.
Ryan wanted me to chase him forever.
I refused.
I chose something else.
The Bennett Foundation.
We built a shelter for women who had been abused, manipulated, or financially destroyed.
We named it Linda's House.
Linda's sister attended the opening.
She cried beneath the sign bearing her sister's name.
“She would have loved this.”
I looked across the playground.
Lila was laughing with Jake and Mia.
The past had hurt us.
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But it hadn't destroyed us.
We were building something stronger.
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