Chapter 16 - Standing Together Against The Powerful Elite Class
Luca returned to the beach where Maren and Wren were building a sandcastle near the water's edge.
He knelt down in the warm sand beside them, his face pale despite the bright Florida sun overhead.
"Luca, what did Miller say?" Maren asked instantly, reading the heavy shadow crossing his features.
"The corruption goes deeper than we ever imagined, Maren," Luca confessed, his voice thick with sorrow.
"It wasn't just my uncle Marcus; my father was the one who authorized the syndicate to take our baby away."
Maren stopped building the sandcastle, her hands resting motionless in the damp white sand.
She looked at Wren playing happily nearby, unaware that the men who stole her childhood were sitting in executive boardrooms.
"We take them all down," Maren said firmly, her voice carrying a strength that took Luca completely by surprise.
"We don't run, and we don't hide behind offshore accounts anymore."
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Luca looked at her with profound admiration, realizing she was the strongest person he had ever known.
"Then let's finish this once and for all," Luca agreed, pulling out his phone to call the Attorney General in Washington.
