“What did he find?”
Elena looked at him.
“A connection between Daniel Vale, Arthur Sterling, and your parents.”
Samuel closed his eyes.
“So he knows.”
“He knows everything.”
I felt dizzy.
“What exactly does he know?”
Elena opened the folder.
Inside were photographs.
Bank records.
Property transfers.
Emails.
And one photograph that made my blood run cold.
It showed my father standing outside a courthouse.
Beside him was Daniel Vale.
And behind them stood a much younger Arthur Sterling.
The three men were looking at something off-camera.
Elena pointed to Daniel.
“Your father and Daniel were working together.”
I looked at Samuel.
“You said they were enemies.”
“They were supposed to be.”
“Supposed to be?”
Samuel looked devastated.
“I thought Daniel betrayed your father.”
Elena shook her head.
“He didn’t.”
She placed another document on the table.
“Daniel tried to expose Arthur Sterling.”
My heart pounded.
“He was trying to stop the scheme?”
“Yes.”
“Then why did Grandpa think he was responsible?”
“Because Arthur made it look that way.”
Samuel’s eyes filled with tears.
“He destroyed my brother’s name.”
Elena nodded.
“Then he destroyed your parents.”
I stared at her.
“Why?”
“Because they had evidence.”
“What evidence?”
