Part 2 : The billionaire husband kicked his wife out to protect his baby. He didn't know he just handed his son to an assassin 1 .
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Chapter 2 - THE WOMAN INSIDE THE HOUSE Maria waited until Julian carried Leo upstairs.
Then she entered the bathroom.
She locked the door.
Washed the theatrical blood from her cheek.
Removed a tiny plastic capsule from beneath her tongue.
Inside was a micro-SIM card.
She inserted it into a burner phone.
ONE OBSTACLE REMOVED.
The reply arrived immediately.
PROCEED TO PHASE TWO.
Maria stared at herself in the mirror.
For eighteen months, she had studied the Sterling family.
Julian’s routines.
Eleanor’s weaknesses.
Leo’s medical schedule.
Security rotations.
Everything.
But she had made one mistake.
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She assumed Eleanor would collapse after being expelled.
She didn’t understand that Eleanor Sterling had spent her entire life surviving people who underestimated her.
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Chapter 3 - THE CAMERA JULIAN FORGOT Eleanor spent the night at a small hotel outside Manhattan.
Chapter 4 - THE RETURN THROUGH THE STORM Eleanor called Julian.
Chapter 5 - THE SECOND TRAITOR The fight lasted less than two minutes.
Chapter 6 - RUN WITH THE BABY Arthur wanted Julian dead.
Chapter 7 - JULIAN IS ALIVE Forty-eight hours later, Eleanor was America’s most wanted woman.
Chapter 8 - THE NAME BURIED IN HER CHILDHOOD Marcus opened an old photograph.
