Chapter 2: Secrets Hidden by the Cameras
Chapter 2: Secrets Hidden by the Cameras
At the hospital, doctors treated Emily's hands while Daniel listened in stunned silence.
The physician looked him directly in the eye.
"These injuries weren't caused today."
Daniel frowned.
"What do you mean?"
"There are older bruises... signs of repeated physical punishment."
His heart stopped.
Repeated.
Not once.
Many times.
Daniel immediately called the head of security.
"I want every recording from every camera inside this house over the last six months."
That evening, he locked himself inside his office.
Hour after hour, he watched the footage.
Victoria throwing Emily's dinner into the trash because she hadn't folded laundry perfectly.
Victoria forcing her to sleep in the storage room.
Victoria ripping apart birthday cards Daniel had secretly left for his daughter whenever he traveled.
Worst of all...
Every time Daniel called from another city, Victoria smiled warmly into the camera while Emily stood silently beside her.
The little girl never dared tell the truth.
Because every phone call ended with the same threat.
"If you tell your father anything... he'll send you away forever."
Daniel covered his face.
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He had built a billion-dollar company.
Yet he had failed to protect the one person who trusted him most.
