CHAPTER 4: THE LAST MOVE
CHAPTER 4: THE LAST MOVE
Santiago stared at the man who had once saved him.
The man who had helped him build everything.
The man who was now trying to take it all away.
“Three years,” Santiago whispered.
“You let everyone believe you were dead.”
Daniel smiled.
“It was the perfect disappearance.”
He stepped inside.
“Something you almost experienced today.”
Abril moved closer to Santiago.
Daniel noticed.
“The gardener’s daughter.”
He smiled.
“She has caused quite a problem.”
Santiago’s expression changed.
“You used my wife.”
“No.”
Daniel shook his head.
“I gave her an opportunity.”
He looked around the greenhouse.
“People reveal who they really are when enough money is placed in front of them.”
Santiago looked at Valeria.
She stood behind Daniel.
No shame.
No regret.
Only fear.
“You knew?”
Santiago asked.
Valeria avoided his eyes.
Daniel answered for her.
“She knew enough.”
The silence was painful.
Then Santiago smiled.
Not because he was happy.
Because he finally understood.
“You made one mistake.”
Daniel raised an eyebrow.
“What mistake?”
“You thought I was still the man who trusted everyone.”
Santiago pulled out his phone.
Daniel’s smile faded.
“You recorded everything.”
Santiago nodded.
“Every word.”
Daniel looked around.
Realization appeared on his face.
The cameras.
The greenhouse system.
The security network.
Everything.
Santiago had been building his empire for twenty years.
And he had learned one important lesson.
Always have a backup.
Sirens sounded outside.
Police vehicles entered the property.
Daniel’s expression finally changed.
“You planned this?”
Santiago looked at Abril.
“No.”
He looked back at Daniel.
“She did.”
Everyone looked at Abril.
The young girl who had stopped a billionaire from disappearing.
She quietly explained:
“When someone took my phone, I pressed the emergency backup button.”
Santiago smiled slightly.
She had not only saved him.
She had outsmarted them.
Weeks later...
The story shocked the entire country.
Daniel Vargas was arrested.
Valeria confessed.
The insurance fraud.
The kidnapping plan.
The attempt to steal Santiago’s company.
Everything came to light.
But Santiago changed.
The mansion felt different.
The halls were quieter.
The wealth meant less.
One morning, he walked into the garden.
Abril was helping her father with the roses.
Santiago handed her a small box.
Inside was a brand-new phone.
But she looked at him and smiled.
“I don’t need expensive things, sir.”
Santiago smiled.
“I know.”
“Then why?”
He looked at the greenhouse.
“Because someone once used a phone to save my life.”
Abril smiled.
Then Santiago noticed something.
A small envelope sitting on the garden table.
No name.
No address.
Only his initials.
Inside was a photograph.
A photograph of Santiago.
Standing outside his mansion.
Taken that morning.
His smile disappeared.
On the back of the photo were six words.
"You caught the wrong enemy."
Santiago looked toward the empty road.
The same road where the black sedan had waited.
The same road where everything began.
Then his phone rang.
Unknown number.
He answered.
A familiar voice whispered:
“You really thought Daniel was the end?”
Santiago froze.
The voice continued:
“He was only the first piece.”
The call ended.
Santiago looked at Abril.
Then at the photograph in his hand.
For the first time in weeks...
He felt afraid.
Because someone had been watching him long before Abril saved him.
And whoever was behind everything...
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Was still out there.
THE END.
