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“I wish I were,” Richard said softly, pulling a thick Manila folder from the edge of the hidden desk. “Daniel discovered something he wasn’t supposed to—a massive embezzlement network within my firm’s offshore accounts. He tried to bring it to me, but the men behind it realized he knew. His accident wasn’t an equipment failure, Sarah. His brakes were cut.”
Sarah’s knees buckled. She clutched Violet tightly against her chest, the world spinning as three years of grief dissolved into a terrifying new reality. “Why… why the photos? Why us?”
“Because Daniel knew they’d come after his family to erase any trace of what he found,” Richard explained, his voice laced with quiet urgency. “Before he died, he left a encrypted flash drive hidden in a safe house, locked with a biometric code that requires two things: Daniel’s security key, and a genetic match to his heir.”
His eyes shifted to the three-year-old girl holding her broken yellow crayon.
“Violet,” Sarah whispered, shock turning her voice into a rasp.
“I’ve spent three years searching for you two, keeping watch from the shadows to protect you from the people who killed Daniel,” Richard continued, stepping aside to leave the doorway completely open. “When your job application landed on my desk four days ago, I couldn't believe it. I brought you here to keep you safe, but I couldn't tell you the truth until I was certain we weren't being watched.”
Suddenly, the distinct sound of a heavy front door slamming shut echoed from the floor below. Heavy, deliberate footsteps began ascending the marble staircase.
Richard’s face tightened. He reached into his desk drawer, pulled out a small black drive, and held it out to Sarah.
“They tracked you here,” Richard said grimly. “They don't know Violet is in the house yet. You have five minutes to take my car from the basement garage and get her to the police chief downtown—he’s the only one I trust.”
“What about you?” Sarah asked, her survival instincts instantly overriding her shock.
Richard pulled the secret bookshelf door shut, hiding the evidence wall, and locked it with a sharp click. He turned to face the gallery with a calm, dangerous resolve.
“I’m going to buy my chief security officer’s wife and daughter enough time to finish what Daniel started.”
Sarah looked down at Violet, whose small fingers gripped her apron. She took the drive from Richard's hand, gave him a single nod of understanding, and slipped quietly down the back service stairs into the shadows.
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