Chapter 2 — The Secret Hidden Inside the Mansion
Lucas couldn't sleep.
Not after seeing the evidence.
Someone had tried to kill him.
Someone close.
The question was...
Who?
The next morning, he called his private investigator.
"Find everything."
"Everyone."
"Start with my own house."
Within hours...
The investigator returned.
And the first name on the list shocked him.
Marcus Vale.
Lucas stared at the report.
"No."
"That's impossible."
The investigator stayed silent.
"Sir..."
"Keep reading."
Three years earlier...
The same month Isabella died...
Marcus had secretly transferred millions from Moretti accounts.
When Isabella discovered it...
She threatened to expose him.
Lucas felt his stomach tighten.
"You're saying..."
"Your wife knew?"
The investigator nodded.
"She left evidence."
"Before she died."
Lucas stood immediately.
"Where?"
The investigator handed him a small envelope.
"Hidden behind her piano."
Lucas opened it.
Inside was a handwritten letter.
Lucas, if anything happens to me... don't trust Marcus.
His hands began shaking.
But there was more.
A second sentence.
And protect Maria Carter. She knows the truth.
Lucas looked up.
"Maria?"
At that moment...
A scream echoed from upstairs.
"Lily!"
Lucas ran.
He found Marcus standing outside the child's room.
Holding Lily's stuffed rabbit.
The little girl was crying.
"Mr. Marcus said my mommy was bad."
Lucas froze.
Marcus turned.
"Lucas, listen..."
But Lucas saw it.
The fear in Lily's eyes.
The same fear Isabella once had.
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And suddenly...
Everything connected.
