Chapter 12 - THE MAN WHO STOOD GUARDMarco was investigated.
The burner phone was planted.
The evidence pointed toward Celia Price.
She had escaped custody.
Her plan was to remove Marco, isolate Lily, and take Ethan.
But Lily was already moving.
She hid Ethan in an old wine cellar.
Celia entered the safe room.
She carried a syringe.
The baby monitor played a recording of Ethan crying.
Celia approached.
Police surrounded her.
She surrendered.
Inside her bag was a photograph.
Amelia.
Victor's late wife.
On the back was a date.
The date of the crash that killed her.
Celia finally confessed.
Her father had changed the maintenance report.
The brakes had not failed.
Victor felt the world shift.
“Who was with Amelia?”
Celia looked down.
“Serena.”
The woman Victor had invited into his home had been connected to his wife's death.
The conspiracy was no longer about Ethan.
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It had started years earlier.
With Amelia.
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