CHAPTER 4 — The Vault That Exposed Everything
The next morning...
Adrian, Emma, and the children arrived at the private bank.
Inside Vault 417...
wasn't money.
It was evidence.
A leather journal.
Several flash drives.
Old photographs.
And one sealed envelope.
Emma carefully opened it.
The letter had been written by Adrian's late wife.
"If you're reading this...
someone I trusted has betrayed our family."
Adrian's hands shook.
His wife described months of missing money...
fake invoices...
and one name repeated over and over.
Victoria.
Then came the final page.
A recent DNA report.
Emma frowned.
"What is this?"
Adrian stared at the results.
His face turned completely pale.
Lucas wasn't biologically his son.
Emma looked at the frightened boy standing beside them.
The child who believed Adrian was his father.
Before anyone could speak...
Adrian slowly knelt in front of Lucas.
He wrapped both arms around the boy.
"I don't care whose blood you carry."
"You are my son."
Lucas burst into tears.
Emma couldn't hold back hers.
Just then...
Adrian's phone rang.
His security chief spoke only one sentence.
"Sir..."
"Victoria has been arrested."
Then came the second sentence.
"She says she has one secret left..."
"...and it changes everything you think you know about Emma."
Adrian slowly looked at Emma.
Emma looked back at him.
Neither of them spoke.
Outside...
the rain began to fall.
May you like
And somewhere inside the police station...
Victoria smiled.
