Chapter 13 - THREE SONS OF EVERETT REEDThe conspiracy destroyed Everett Reed's reputation before eventually restoring it.
Records proved he had spent years quietly protecting evidence.
But another truth remained.
Adrian.
Everett's third son.
Mason struggled most.
“How do you just discover you have a brother?”
Adrian replied, “Usually badly.”
Their first meetings were awkward.
Then hostile.
Then unexpectedly funny.
Adrian had Evelyn's patience.
Mason had none.
Daniel existed between them.
Slowly, fragments of Everett emerged.
He had sent money to Evelyn every month.
Never missed one.
But he had stayed away.
Partly because Voss was watching.
Partly because he already had another family.
Adrian had spent years hating a father who loved him from a distance.
Mason had spent years worshiping a father whose life he never truly knew.
Daniel had spent years suspecting Everett had lied without understanding why.
None received the father they wanted.
But together they finally discovered the man he had actually been.
Flawed.
Cowardly in some ways.
Brave in others.
Human.
Then Adrian uncovered another bank account.
Everett had continued making payments after Evelyn's imprisonment.
But the recipient wasn't Adrian.
Claire examined the account.
“Who was he paying?”
Adrian looked worried.
“I don't know.”
The payments had continued until the week Everett died.
Then stopped.
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And every transfer contained the same reference.
IRONFALL II.
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