Chapter 5 - The Desperate Hunt
I screamed and threw the television remote across the room.
Leo was only twenty-two years old and completely innocent.
Derek was framing my baby brother for my murder to ensure Leo could never contest the inheritance.
I ran out of the guest room and found Adrian in his study.
I begged him to help me find Leo before the corrupt police did.
Adrian saw the pure desperation in my eyes.
He immediately dispatched his best tactical teams into the city.
I paced the floor of the study for three agonizing hours.
Every tick of the grandfather clock felt like a hammer against my skull.
I felt completely helpless with my broken right hand safely bound in a cast.
Finally, the heavy doors of the study swung open.
Adrian’s men walked in, dragging someone between them.
It was Leo, bruised and terrified.
I rushed forward and threw my left arm around his neck.
Leo sobbed into my shoulder, entirely shocked that I was still alive.
I asked him what had happened tonight.
Leo explained that he received a frantic text from my phone asking him to bring gasoline for the backup generator.
Derek had used the phone I left at the party to lure him into the trap.
Suddenly, Leo pushed me away and pulled a stolen gun from his jacket.
He pointed the trembling barrel directly at Adrian’s chest.
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Leo screamed that the men who chased him tonight were not cops.
He swore that they were Adrian’s own mafia enforcers.
