CHAPTER 2 — The Secret Hidden in the Estate
The investigation uncovered something no one expected.
Vanessa's cruelty hadn't started with Elena.
Former housekeepers began contacting the police.
One had resigned after witnessing elderly staff members being humiliated.
Another admitted she had been threatened into signing a false confidentiality agreement.
A gardener confessed he had secretly photographed bruises on one employee years earlier.
Every story sounded impossible.
Until detectives compared them.
The details matched perfectly.
Vanessa had ruled the estate through fear for nearly five years.
But one question remained unanswered.
Why had Adrian never known?
The answer came from the estate's chief of security.
Someone had been deleting surveillance footage every week.
Not Adrian.
Vanessa.
She had bribed the former security manager to erase evidence.
Unfortunately for her...
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The new AI backup system Adrian installed two months earlier stored everything on an encrypted remote server.
Nothing had truly disappeared.
