Chapter 8 - The Ultimate Betrayal
The deafening whine of the bone saw was the only sound in the sterile, brightly lit operating room.
Daniel stared in absolute, unfiltered disbelief as his gentle, battered mother held the deadly instrument over his grandfather’s unconscious body.
Victor stood casually in the corner of the room, sipping from a glass of expensive bourbon with a highly amused, wicked smile.
"Mom, what in the world are you doing?" Daniel choked out, his entire reality violently tearing itself apart once again.
Sarah slowly turned off the heavy saw, the sudden, oppressive silence feeling far more terrifying than the noise.
"I am finally ending this miserable family war, Daniel, exactly like I planned from the very beginning," Sarah stated with an impossibly cold voice.
"She was never hiding from me, Daniel, she was patiently waiting for Arthur to become weak enough to strike," Victor laughed cruelly.
Chloe instantly raised her silver weapon, aiming it directly at Sarah’s head with absolutely zero hesitation.
"Step completely away from Mr. Sterling right now, Sarah, or I will put a bullet right between your eyes," Chloe threatened lethally.
Sarah did not even flinch at the deadly threat, her scarred hands remaining perfectly steady as she reached into her pocket.
"I was the one who poisoned Arthur’s tea this morning before he left for the hospital," Sarah confessed, destroying Daniel's heart completely.
"You told me you loved him, you told me Victor was the monster!" Daniel screamed, tears of pure betrayal streaming down his face.
"Victor is a monster, Daniel, but Arthur destroyed my life first by arranging my forced marriage to him for a massive corporate merger," Sarah fired back bitterly.
She intended to let Arthur die, inherit the entire Sterling empire through Daniel, and leave Victor with absolutely nothing.
"I needed you to unlock the vault, Daniel, because my ruined hands could never access the company's master financial codes," she explained ruthlessly.
Victor suddenly stopped smiling, finally realizing that his own treacherous ex-wife had completely outplayed him in his own deadly game.
Before anyone could react, Marcus burst violently into the operating room from the back corridor, aiming a heavy shotgun directly at Chloe.
"Nobody moves a single muscle!" Marcus screamed, sweating profusely as he tried to regain complete control of the chaotic situation.
Chloe fluidly shifted her aim and fired a single, perfect shot into Marcus’s shoulder, dropping the corrupt manager to the bloody floor instantly.
In the ensuing explosive chaos, Victor lunged frantically across the room, desperately trying to grab the glowing blue antidote from Daniel’s hands.
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Victor’s massive hands wrapped violently around Daniel’s throat, choking the life out of his own biological son to secure his prize.
"Give me the cure right now, boy, or die exactly like your pathetic grandfather!" Victor roared, his face entirely twisted in murderous rage.
