Chapter 15 - Andrew’s Real Story
Andrew answered my call immediately.
I did not tell him we had photographed him.
Instead I said, “Richard Vance is involved.”
He became silent.
“Andrew?”
“I know.”
My blood ran cold.
“How?”
“Because he contacted me last year.”
“Why?”
“He wanted everything I knew about Chloe.”
“And you gave it to him?”
“Yes.”
Julian clenched his jaw.
Andrew continued.
“I thought he was investigating her.”
“Were you with him tonight?”
Silence.
Then a sigh.
“Yes.”
Julian grabbed the phone.
“You told us she destroyed your life.”
“She did.”
“Then why are you meeting the man helping her?”
“Because Richard has something I need.”
“What?”
“My father’s recordings.”
The room went silent.
Chloe had blackmailed Andrew using evidence against his father.
Richard apparently possessed copies.
Andrew wanted them destroyed.
“So you helped him?” I asked.
“For a while.”
“Doing what?”
“Confirming Chloe’s old patterns.”
“Introducing him to people she targeted.”
“Did you know he planned to use her against Julian?”
“No.”
I wanted to believe him.
I no longer trusted wanting.
“Why meet tonight?”
“He offered me the recordings if I stayed quiet until after the wedding.”
Julian’s expression hardened.
“And you agreed?”
“I agreed to meet.”
“That isn’t an answer.”
Andrew whispered, “I’m tired, Julian.”
“I spent eighteen months trying to escape what she did.”
“If silence gets my family out, I considered it.”
Julian ended the call.
He looked furious.
“Everyone has a price.”
“No,” I said.
“Everyone has a breaking point.”
The next night, Richard entered our property at 11:06 p.m.
Chloe came through the side entrance.
Andrew arrived twelve minutes later.
All three entered my late husband’s study.
Julian and I listened from the security room.
Richard placed a leather case on the desk.
Inside were copies of trust documents, recordings, and financial files.
Then Chloe asked the question that changed the plan.
“When do we transfer the shares?”
Richard smiled.
“Immediately after the ceremony.”
“And Julian?”
Richard poured himself a drink.
“He’ll be removed from the company before he realizes what happened.”
Andrew said nothing.
Chloe smiled.
Then Richard continued.
“And Evelyn?”
His voice became colder.
“We destroy her first.”
At that moment, Andrew looked directly toward the hidden camera.
He knew exactly where it was.
And then he reached up.
May you like
The screen went black.
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