PART 3: The Secret Folder
I couldn’t sleep a single minute for the rest of the night, staring at the ceiling as the betrayal twisted in my chest. If I went straight to my father, he would think I was just a jealous daughter trying to sabotage his newfound happiness.
The next morning, while Emily was out running errands and my father was resting in his garden room, I snuck into her private study. Her desk was immaculate, but the bottom drawer remained locked.
Using a small hairpin, I picked the cheap latch until it gave a soft click, sliding the drawer open to reveal a stack of legal documents and old news clippings.
My breath caught in my throat when I picked up the top newspaper article from four years ago. The headline wasn’t about my parents’ accident—it was about Emily’s family business going bankrupt.
She hadn’t just targeted a wealthy widower by chance; she had built a targeted campaign to recover her own lost fortune. Was there a way to stop her before it was too late? Continue reading Part 4 below for the confrontation.
