SHOCKKKKK "HE HEARD HIS GRANDDAUGHTER CRY “MOMMY IS GOING TO DIE” — TEN MINUTES LATER THE BILLIONAIRE WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR
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Chapter 2: The Call
Emma pressed the receiver to her ear, sobbing so hard she could barely speak.
“Please answer… Grandpa, Mommy looks like she’s going to die!”
On the other end of the city, Richard Whitmore—industrial billionaire, former senator, and a man feared in every boardroom he entered—stopped signing documents.
The pen slipped from his fingers.
“Emma?”
The child’s cries filled the line.
“Grandpa, please hurry!”
Richard was already on his feet.
In Laura’s house, Victor lunged toward the phone.
“Hang up… now!”
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Emma screamed and clutched the receiver tighter.
For the first time that night, Victor looked afraid.
