sank against the wall.
Daniel crouched beside her.
Russell began laughing weakly.
I looked at him.
“What’s funny?”
He winced.
“After thirty years… that’s the first honest family conversation we’ve ever had.”
Despite everything, a broken laugh escaped me.
Then the sound of sirens appeared in the distance.
Margaret turned toward the hidden corridor.
“We have minutes.”
“For what?” I asked.
She looked at me.
“To find out who poisoned Russell.”
Everyone became still.
Russell stared at her.
“You know?”
“I know where the proof is.”
She pointed toward the corridor.
“And if I’m right, **the person who poisoned him isn’t in this room.**”
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# PART 4 — **THE SECRET BEHIND RUSSELL’S FORTUNE**
We followed Margaret through the hidden corridor while Daniel and Claire helped Russell walk.
Hayes remained behind, clutching his wounded shoulder and swearing that he would have all of us arrested.
No one cared.
The corridor ended at a
