Chapter 4: Secrets Buried With the Dead
Chapter 4: Secrets Buried With the Dead
Across town...
Senator Richard Caldwell slammed both hands against his office desk.
Vanessa stood silently before him.
"You attacked Damon Cross's woman?"
"I didn't know—"
"You never know!"
His voice echoed through the room.
"You've just started a war."
She folded her arms stubbornly.
"She's only a maid."
Richard closed his eyes.
"No."
"She's something much worse."
Vanessa frowned.
"What are you talking about?"
The senator unlocked a drawer.
Inside lay a faded photograph nearly thirty years old.
It showed three smiling teenagers.
Richard Caldwell.
Ruth Harper.
And William Cross.
Vanessa stared.
"That's..."
"Lena's mother."
Richard nodded slowly.
"We all grew up together."
"What does that have to do with anything?"
He swallowed heavily.
"Everything."
Years ago, Ruth Harper had uncovered evidence linking several powerful families—including the Caldwells—to a massive corruption scheme.
Before she could expose it...
She disappeared from public life.
Everyone believed illness had destroyed her.
The truth was far more complicated.
Richard had spent decades making sure the past remained buried.
Now Ruth's daughter had entered Damon's life.
Old secrets were beginning to surface.
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And if Damon discovered what really happened...
The senator knew his career would be the least of his worries.
