Chapter 6 - THE HOUSE OF LIES
We returned to Manhattan.
Alessandro changed everything.
New security.
New routes.
No predictable schedule.
But the greatest threat came from inside.
Someone had access to his private office.
Someone knew about Mia.
Someone knew about Luca.
And someone knew the farmhouse location.
That narrowed the list.
Alessandro trusted almost nobody.
Then Rosa disappeared.
Her apartment was empty.
Her phone was on the kitchen table.
Beside it was a note.
Tell Alessandro to stop looking.
Alessandro wanted to retaliate immediately.
I stopped him.
“No.”
He looked at me.
“They took Rosa.”
“And that's why you can't react.”
“She's family.”
“So is Mia.”
He went silent.
We investigated quietly.
Three hours later, we found Rosa.
She was alive.
She had been held in a hotel room.
And she had one piece of information.
“The person who came for me was a woman.”
“What woman?”
Rosa looked at me.
“Your daughter's grandmother.”
My blood froze.
“My mother is dead.”
“Not yours.”
“Daniel's.”
Rosa nodded.
“She called herself Isabella Reyes.”
I looked at Alessandro.
He knew the name.
“She disappeared fifteen years ago.”
“Why would she want Mia?”
“Because she's the rightful heir to Daniel's hidden assets.”
I shook my head.
“I don't care about the money.”
Alessandro looked at me.
“Neither does she.”
That night, Isabella called.
“I don't want your daughter.”
I gripped the phone.
“Then what do you want?”
“The ledger.”
“What ledger?”
“The one Luca left.”
I looked at Alessandro.
He shook his head.
“We don't have it.”
Isabella laughed softly.
“You have no idea what you've found.”
Then she said:
“Your daughter isn't the key.”
“She is the lock.”
The call ended.
I stared at Alessandro.
“What does that mean?”
He didn't answer.
Because at that exact moment, his security chief entered the room.
“Boss.”
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“What?”
“We found Luca.”
