CHAPTER 2: The Secret Behind the Coffin
Ethan nearly collapsed.
"You were at your own funeral!"
Ryan nodded.
"Because someone wants me dead."
Over the next hour, Ryan revealed a shocking secret.
Months earlier, he had discovered evidence that a powerful businessman had been laundering millions of dollars through a charity organization.
When Ryan threatened to expose everything, strange things began happening.
His apartment was broken into.
His phone was tapped.
And one night, someone tried to run him off the road.
Terrified, Ryan turned to federal investigators.
They offered him a deal.
Fake his death.
Disappear.
Help build the case.
Ethan struggled to process it all.
Then Ryan revealed something even worse.
"The people behind this know about you."
Before Ethan could respond, headlights suddenly flooded the warehouse.
Several black SUVs screeched to a stop outside.
Someone had followed him.
The brothers ran for a rear exit as armed men stormed the building.
Gunshots echoed through the darkness.
Separated during the chaos, Ethan escaped into the woods.
But Ryan didn't.
The next morning, every news station reported the same thing.
A body had been discovered near the warehouse.
Authorities believed it was Ryan Carter.
This time, there was no closed casket.
There was DNA confirmation.
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Ryan was truly dead.
Or so everyone believed.
