PART 3: THE DEEP BETRAYAL
My eyes raced across the bank of monitors, freezing as I recognized the live camera feeds streaming in real-time.
One screen showed my family’s living room, where my wife and children were sitting quietly on the sofa.
Another screen showed my mother’s house, where three strange men in dark suits were methodically searching through my father’s study drawers.
“They think he kept the primary ledger at the house,” Agent Vance explained, pointing to the screen. “Your father faked his death to draw them out into the open so we could arrest the entire leadership.”
Suddenly, the central monitor flared to life, displaying an incoming video call from an unlisted, encrypted number.
Agent Vance hit the speaker button, and a familiar voice filled the cold metal room—a voice I had grieved over for three long days.
“Julian,” my father’s recorded voice spoke, calm and steady. “If you are hearing this, it means your mother has already initiated the final phase of her plan.”
My breathing stopped completely as the crushing truth hit me; my mother wasn’t a victim—she was the leader of the very syndicate my father had been running from.
(How will Julian protect his children from his own mother? Click “Next Page” for PART 4 to read the thrilling conclusion!)
