Chapter 3: The Woman Behind the Monster
Chapter 3: The Woman Behind the Monster
The investigation spread through the Castillo estate overnight.
Forensic teams photographed every bruise.
Every hidden room.
Every surveillance camera.
Every false employment record.
But the greatest surprise came from Elena herself.
"There was someone else."
Alejandro looked up.
"What do you mean?"
Vivian wasn't the mastermind.
She was only the jailer.
Elena slowly reached into her pocket.
Hidden inside the lining of her worn uniform was a tiny flash drive.
"I stole this two weeks ago."
Alejandro stared.
"How?"
"I cleaned Vivian's office."
The drive contained thousands of files.
Bank transfers.
Medical reports.
Forged passports.
Private security payments.
Then came the final folder.
Its title froze everyone.
Project Phoenix.
Inside were security videos from three years earlier.
Alejandro watched himself leaving for a business conference in Zurich.
Minutes later, another car entered the estate.
Several masked men dragged Elena into a van.
Vivian stood nearby.
But she wasn't giving orders.
She was taking them.
The camera zoomed toward another figure standing beside her.
A man.
His face remained hidden beneath a hat.
Then he spoke.
"She must never remember."
Elena suddenly grabbed Alejandro's arm.
"I know that voice."
Alejandro turned.
"Who?"
She whispered the name.
"Your uncle."
Silence filled the room.
Rafael Castillo.
The man who had helped raise Alejandro after his parents died.
The man Alejandro trusted more than anyone.
The man currently serving as chairman of the Castillo Foundation.
Alejandro felt sick.
"No..."
His attorney swallowed.
"The signatures..."
He opened several financial documents.
"They're all his."
Everything suddenly made sense.
Someone inside the family had always known exactly where Alejandro was searching.
Every false lead.
Every fake witness.
Every wasted investigation.
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Someone had been steering him away.
From his own house.
