Chapter 3 – The Debt Vincent Never Forgot
Chapter 3 – The Debt Vincent Never Forgot
That evening, Vincent called a private meeting.
Only Anthony...
his attorney Sofia...
and Elena remained inside his office.
Sofia slid an old case file across the desk.
"You should see this."
Inside was a newspaper clipping dated twenty-three years earlier.
Car accident kills young couple.
Surviving daughter missing.
Elena frowned.
"I don't understand."
Vincent quietly turned the page.
A faded photograph.
A little girl.
No older than six.
Elena stopped breathing.
It was her.
"I... I don't remember this."
"You wouldn't."
Vincent answered softly.
"You were unconscious for three days."
She looked at him.
"How do you know that?"
For the first time since she'd met him...
Vincent's voice lost its cold edge.
"Because..."
"I pulled you from the wreck."
Silence.
Even Anthony looked surprised.
"I was nineteen."
Vincent continued.
"I couldn't save your parents."
"But I saved you."
Elena's eyes filled with tears.
"You..."
"It was the only time in my life I failed to protect someone."
May you like
He looked away.
"I never forgot your face."
