Chapter 4 - THE FIRST BETRAYAL
The attack happened at 2:13 a.m.
Dominic was driving Linda back to the hospital when three SUVs blocked the road.
"Stay down."
Linda ducked.
Gunfire shattered the windshield.
Dominic accelerated.
One SUV rammed the sedan.
Linda screamed.
Dominic grabbed the steering wheel.
"Hold on."
He swerved.
The sedan crashed through a barrier and spun across the intersection.
Silence.
Then smoke.
Linda looked at Dominic.
Blood ran down his temple.
"Are you hurt?"
"No."
She touched his face.
He caught her wrist.
"I'm fine."
Then another vehicle approached.
Dominic pulled his gun.
The doors opened.
His men.
"Boss!"
Dominic exhaled.
"Get Linda out."
They pulled her from the car.
Dominic followed.
Within minutes, the attackers were gone.
One was captured.
Dominic questioned him personally.
The man finally gave a name.
"Moretti."
Dominic went still.
Sofia.
He returned to the hospital.
Linda was waiting.
"What happened?"
"I don't know yet."
"You do."
Dominic looked at her.
She saw the answer in his eyes.
"Someone close to you."
"Yes."
"Who?"
He didn't answer.
Linda whispered:
"Sofia?"
Dominic's silence confirmed it.
But there was another problem.
Sofia disappeared.
So did Matteo.
And $12 million disappeared from the company's accounts.
Dominic realized the attack had been a diversion.
They weren't trying to kill him.
They were trying to steal from him.
Linda stepped closer.
"I found something."
She handed him her phone.
A message.
Anonymous.
YOU TOOK WHAT BELONGED TO US. NOW WE TAKE WHAT YOU LOVE.
Dominic stared.
"What does it mean?"
Linda looked toward Keo's room.
Her face went pale.
"They know about him."
Dominic immediately called security.
"Lock down the hospital."
But the line was already dead.
The lights flickered.
Linda grabbed his arm.
"Dominic."
A nurse ran down the hallway.
"Security!"
Then the fire alarm sounded.
Doors opened.
Patients panicked.
Dominic grabbed Linda's hand.
"Stay with me."
They ran toward Keo's room.
The door was open.
The bed was empty.
Linda screamed.
"KEO!"
Dominic froze.
A nurse lay unconscious on the floor.
The window was open.
Linda collapsed.
"They took him."
Dominic looked outside.
A black van disappeared into traffic.
His face became terrifyingly calm.
"Nobody touches my family."
Linda stared at him.
"Your family?"
Dominic looked at her.
"Yes."
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Then he called every man he trusted.
"Find my brother."
