Chapter 6: The Secret Emily Never Knew
Emily read the document three times.
Each time, the words became harder to accept.
Her hands tightened around the paper.
“No…”
Victoria watched her reaction carefully.
For the first time in days, she smiled.
Because she had finally found a weapon.
“What is it?” Olivia asked.
Emily didn’t answer.
She couldn’t.
The document was a DNA report.
Dated six years earlier.
Before Emily married Ethan.
Before she entered the Montgomery family.
The results showed something impossible.
Emily had a connection to the Montgomery family.
A biological connection.
Victoria leaned back.
“You spent years investigating everyone else.”
Her voice was almost gentle.
“But you never investigated yourself.”
Emily looked at her.
“What did you do?”
Victoria smiled.
“I didn’t do anything.”
“That’s the truth you hate.”
Emily’s mind raced.
The timeline.
The names.
The hidden records.
Something was wrong.
Because Emily knew her own family history.
Or she thought she did.
Sarah stepped closer.
“Emily…”
Emily looked at the nurse.
“You knew?”
Sarah looked away.
That answer was enough.
Emily felt the ground disappear beneath her.
The woman who spent her career uncovering secrets…
had a secret of her own.
Victoria stood.
“Now you understand.”
“No one escapes the Montgomery family.”
Emily looked at the document again.
Then slowly folded it.
Her fear disappeared.
Because Victoria made one mistake.
She assumed a secret was a weakness.
Emily knew better.
A secret was evidence.
And evidence could be destroyed.
Or used.
Emily looked at Victoria.
“Thank you.”
Victoria frowned.
“For what?”
“For proving exactly what I needed.”
Victoria’s smile faded.
“What?”
Emily handed the document to Daniel.
“Find out who created this report.”
Daniel looked at it.
Then his expression changed.
Because he noticed something Emily had noticed.
The laboratory name.
The date.
The signature.
“This report is fake.”
Victoria froze.
Emily looked directly at her.
“You forged my identity.”
A silence filled the room.
“You created a false connection between me and your family.”
Victoria’s face became pale.
“Impossible.”
Emily smiled.
“No.”
She stepped closer.
“You just made your biggest mistake.”
“Because now this isn't only attempted murder.”
“It’s fraud.”
“It’s identity manipulation.”
“And it’s evidence of a much bigger crime.”
Victoria stared at her.
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And for the first time…
she looked afraid.
