Chapter 18 - The Last Secret
Just when life finally became calm…
My father received a mysterious package.
No return address.
Inside was an old photograph.
My mother.
Daniel Carter.
And another man.
My father stared at it for a long time.
“Who is he?”
I asked.
My father looked disturbed.
“That’s someone I thought was gone.”
The man was named Victor Hayes.
Years ago, he had been connected to Daniel Carter.
But unlike Daniel…
Victor had disappeared before anyone could expose him.
“What does this mean?”
My father didn't answer.
Because underneath the photograph was a handwritten note.
Three words.
THE GAME CONTINUES.
For a moment, I felt that old fear return.
The fear from the night Ryan attacked me.
The fear that someone was always watching.
But then I looked at Lily.
I looked at my father.
And I realized something.
The old Emily would have been afraid.
The new Emily was ready.
My father began investigating.
Not because he wanted another war.
Because he wanted to protect us.
The investigation revealed something shocking.
Victor Hayes had been the person who originally connected Daniel Carter and Michael Miller.
He had helped create the entire network.
Ryan.
Vanessa.
The stolen money.
Everything.
But there was one problem.
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Victor wasn't trying to hide.
He wanted us to find him.
