Chapter 6
On the third day after Lauren disappeared. Dominic was losing his damn mind.
He’d torn that hospital apart and used every connection Sterling corp had to flip the entire Manhattan city upside down.
But she’d vanished like she never existed. Not a single trace.
Tind her”
He kicked over the desk and chairs, screaming through gritted teeth: “I don’t care if you have to dig up the whole city–bring her back to me!”
I want her to tell me to my face why the hell she thinks she can just leave!”
His assistant was shaking, standing there for a few seconds before finally handing him some papers:
We couldn’t find any trace of Miss Montgomery, but we did find something else. You… should probably see this yourself. It’s about your mother.”
t was an old file about his mom’s suicide all those years ago.
Dominic would never forget rushing to his mom’s broken body and looking up to see Lauren’s dad on that rooftop.
rom that moment on, he was dead certain that Lauren’s father had killed his mother.
But now.
here was a clear photo in that file.
t showed his mom being pushed off the building.
le recognized that face–it was Sophia’s mom.
he same face he’d seen a million times when Sophia took him to visit her mom’s grave.
back then Sophia would cry in his arms, talking about how her mom died in a car accident.
ince her mom and his mom died on the same day, he felt like they shared the same pain. That’s why he felt so sorry for her.
Jominic stood there frozen, his hands shaking as he flipped through page after page.
he file was crystal clear.
ophia’s mom had tried to break up his parents‘ marriage. When his mom found out, they got into a huge fight that ended with Sophia’s mom accidentally ushing his mom off the building.
s for Sophia’s mom, she panicked and ran after the murder, got into a car accident, and died at the hospital.
nd Lauren’s dad? He’d been trying to help his friend–Dominic’s mom–the whole time. But he was just too late….
This is insane…”
ominic’s hands were shaking like crazy.
le let out this broken laugh, his voice so rough it sounded like his throat was tearing apart.
Text second, he threw those papers on the floor and stumbled out of his office.
Meanwhile, Sophia had no clue what was happening.
She was still at the spa, getting a facial while her assistant gossiped about “Lauren finally being gone.”
Sophia was in a great mood, even laughing with her eyes closed:
Good riddance. I can finally relax. Once we’re sure she’s never coming back, I’ll claim my place as the Montgomery daughter and take everything that’s left.”
I’ve been setting this up for years. Everyone knows I’m the Montgomery bastard. Who’s gonna suspect I don’t even know who my real dad is?”
BANG!
The door got kicked in.
Everyone in the spa freaked out.
Dominic stormed in looking ready to kill.
He grabbed Sophia’s wrist and yanked her up:
“You knew all along!”
Sophia went white, struggling in panic:
“Knew what? Dominic, I don’t know anything! You’re hurting me!”
“The truth about what really happened!”
Sophia’s head snapped up.
She never expected Dominic to show up like this, let alone that he’d figure out what actually happened back then!
Her panic gave her away completely. Dominic felt like his heart was being ripped apart because of regret.
His eyes were bloodshot, totally losing it:
You knew she wasn’t the one who killed my mother, didn’t you?!”
You knew it was YOUR MOM–it was YOU–who pushed my mother off that building, right?! She didn’t kill herself, you guys murdered her!”
Dominic’s voice was completely raw, every word tearing at his own throat.
He threw Sophia to the ground in one rough motion.
You lied to me for three whole years-”
I gave you all my trust, all my pity… I even pushed the woman I loved most into hell with my own hands!”
What the hell did you think I was to you?!”
Sophia hit the floor hard, her face ghost–white. She’d never seen Dominic this terrifying – like he’d gone completely insane, or finally woken up from some kind
of trance.
No, Dominic, listen to me… I… I didn’t mean to. My mom really just slipped up back then, she didn’t do it on purpose, we were both so young…”
Her voice was shaking as she tried to grab his trouser leg.
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