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 21 - MARIA’S LAST SECRET Maria wasn’t dead.
She had survived the nursery shooting.
And now she contacted Eleanor.
“I can give you Thorne.”
“Why?”
“He tried to erase me.”
Maria offered coordinates.
An abandoned financial archive beneath Manhattan.
Julian wanted to reject the offer.
Eleanor didn’t.
“You trust her?”
“No.”
“Then why go?”
“Because she knows I don’t trust her.”
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Eleanor loaded the encrypted evidence onto three separate drives.
“And sometimes the only person who can lead you through a nest of snakes is another snake.”
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Chapter 22 - BENEATH MANHATTANThe archive was real.
Chapter 23 - THREE MINUTES OF AIRJulian attacked the ventilation controls.
Chapter 24 - ELIAS THORNEElias finally called.
Chapter 25 - THE GALA Elias made one final public appearance.
Chapter 26 - THE LAST KIDNAPPINGElias escaped before authorities could detain him.
Chapter 27 - THE FATHER WHO CHOSE DIFFERENTLYAt Pier 17, Elias demanded Eleanor approach alone.
