Chapter 7 - THE WOMAN BEHIND THE WAR
Penelope called me that night.
“I never wanted you dead.”
I sat alone in a hotel room.
“Then why help them?”
“Because Gideon has my son.”
I froze.
“Your son?”
She cried.
“I had a baby before Garrett. Gideon took him when he was three months old.”
I didn't know what to say.
“My pregnancy was leverage.”
“Where is he?”
“I don't know.”
She gave me an address.
Then the call ended.
Tobias wanted to wait for federal agents.
I couldn't.
We went.
The building was empty.
But there was a photograph taped to the wall.
A little boy.
Six years old.
On the back:
THE FAMILY ALWAYS COLLECTS ITS DEBTS.
Then Garrett appeared.
“I know where Gideon is.”
We turned.
“How?”
“He contacted me.”
Garrett looked at me.
“He wants the shipyard.”
“He already lost it.”
“No.”
Garrett shook his head.
“He wants you.”
I felt cold.
“Why?”
“Because your father placed the final evidence in a trust only you can unlock.”
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The vault wasn't the end.
It was the beginning.
