Chapter 4: The Truth Comes Alive
Chapter 4: The Truth Comes Alive
Within twenty minutes, the mansion was no longer a home.
It was a crime scene.
Lawyers moved through the halls.
Evidence was collected.
Phones were seized.
Documents were sealed.
Santiago stood still, like a man waiting for reality to reverse itself.
“It’s my company,” he said quietly. “My life.”
My father stepped closer.
“You built it on fraud and fear.”
Then he looked at me.
Softly, he asked, “Are you safe?”
For the first time in two years…
Someone asked me that without an agenda.
I nodded.
But my hand never left my belly.
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Because safety didn’t feel real yet.
Not until Santiago was gone.
