CHAPTER 3 – The Family's Darkest Secret
CHAPTER 3 – The Family's Darkest Secret
Marcus looked from the broken staircase...
...to his bleeding wife.
Then to Vanessa.
"Tell me I'm wrong."
Vanessa immediately ran toward him.
"Marcus, she's manipulating everyone!"
"I did this for us!"
His eyes narrowed.
"For us?"
Vanessa's voice shook.
"You were supposed to marry me."
The room fell silent.
Mrs. Evelyn gasped.
Olivia stared in confusion.
Vanessa laughed bitterly.
"You never knew, did you?"
She looked directly at Olivia.
"I was adopted."
Marcus closed his eyes.
"Stop."
"But I loved him long before you came."
"Enough."
"Our parents promised I'd always stay beside him."
Marcus slammed his fist against the wall.
"They promised you a family."
"They never promised you me."
Vanessa broke down.
"It was all supposed to be mine!"
"The house."
"The company."
"You."
Marcus slowly walked to Olivia.
He knelt beside her swollen belly.
"I'm sorry."
Olivia looked away.
"You apologized too late."
The ambulance arrived outside.
But another black SUV stopped behind it.
A woman in an expensive gray suit stepped out.
Detective Ruiz recognized her immediately.
"The district attorney..."
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She held a thick file.
"I believe this case is much bigger than attempted murder."
