Chương 10 - The Architect of Lies
The screen of the phone glowed brightly against the dark tile floor of the locker room.
Cassidy fell to her knees, unable to tear her eyes away from the high-resolution photograph.
The document was not an assassination order detailing how her father had been killed.
It was a classified payroll ledger from the Russian Bratva, dating back over a decade.
Her father had never been a loyal government agent working on Project Icarus.
He had been Victor’s lead weapons designer, selling American military secrets to the highest bidder.
The crippling medical debt she had spent years paying off was completely fake.
Marcus, the brutal loan shark who had tormented her, was actually a CIA handler keeping her under surveillance to draw out her father's contacts.
She had not just stolen two million dollars from an arrogant billionaire.
She had just financed an international terrorist cell, acting exactly as her father had designed.
Cassidy’s breathing became ragged as the walls of her entire reality completely collapsed.
The sound of heavy, rhythmic footsteps echoed down the empty kitchen corridor.
The locker room door swung open, revealing the silhouette of a tall man in a tailored suit.
Cassidy looked up, her blood freezing in her veins as the man stepped into the light.
It was her father, looking exactly as he had on the day he supposedly died in a car crash four years ago.
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“You performed beautifully tonight, my dear,” her father said, offering her a chilling, familiar smile.
“Now, let’s talk about your next assignment.”
