Chapter 24 - THE SECOND WILLBellamy’s files contained one last document from Vincent.
A second will.
Dorian nearly burned it without reading it.
I stopped him.
“Maybe it contains another surprise relative.”
“That is exactly why I want to burn it.”
We opened it.
No secret child.
No hidden fortune.
No criminal confession.
Just letters.
One for Dorian.
One for Julian.
Dorian refused his for two days.
Then opened it alone.
He came downstairs afterward with red eyes.
“What did it say?”
He handed it to me.
Vincent admitted he had trained Dorian to confuse fear with respect.
Control with safety.
Obedience with loyalty.
Then:
If you become a better father than I was, it will be the only inheritance of mine worth keeping.
Dorian sat beside Elena that night.
She climbed onto his lap.
“Daddy sad?”
“A little.”
She touched his face.
“Cookie?”
Dorian laughed.
“Yes. I think a cookie might help.”
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Vincent Cross had left billions.
That sentence was the first thing Dorian inherited from him that he wanted to keep.
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