Chapter 7 - Elena Realizes The Photograph Changes Everything She Believed
As Gabriel led Elena toward the sleek black sedan idling near the cemetery gates, she clutched her swollen belly.
“What about the baby? What if they try to come after my child the way they came after my family?” Elena asked.
“No one will ever touch your child; I’m tying the final knot around this syndicate tonight,” Gabriel assured her.
Victoria stood alone among the wet granite tombstones, screaming curses into the empty fog as they drove away.
Inside the quiet warmth of the vehicle, Gabriel handed Elena a clean white handkerchief to wipe the blood from her lip.
“Thank you, Gabriel... but I still don't understand why you kept that photograph all these years,” Elena admitted softly.
Gabriel kept his eyes on the winding coastal road, his expression clouded with memories of a difficult past.
“Because that photograph was the only piece of evidence proving your family didn't die in an accident,” Gabriel explained.
Elena’s breath hitched in her throat as the horrifying reality of the 1999 disaster washed over her anew.
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“It was arson... they burned my parents' home down to steal the patent documents, didn't they?” Elena asked tearfully.
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