CHAPTER 5: THE REAL REASON DANIEL DIED
CHAPTER 5: THE REAL REASON DANIEL DIED
The next morning, Ethan found Lily Carter.
She lived in a small house far away from the city.
When she opened the door, she looked exactly like Daniel.
Same eyes.
Same expression.
Same sadness.
“I wondered when you would come,” she said.
Ethan froze.
“You knew?”
Lily nodded.
“Your father told me everything.”
They sat in silence.
Then Lily revealed the truth.
Daniel wasn’t killed by Victoria.
He was killed because he was trying to expose his own mistakes.
Years ago, Daniel had covered up illegal activities inside his company.
People lost homes.
Families suffered.
One of those people was Lily’s mother.
“She never recovered,” Lily said.
“Your father spent years trying to fix what he destroyed.”
Ethan looked down.
“So Victoria…”
“Was trying to protect him.”
Ethan was shocked.
“But she tried to stop me opening the coffin.”
Lily nodded.
“Because she knew what was inside.”
Ethan waited.
Lily handed him a small box.
Inside was a letter.
From Daniel.
The letter explained everything.
Daniel knew his illness was getting worse.
He knew someone inside his company was trying to silence him.
So he created a final plan.
The coffin wasn’t hiding his death.
It was hiding proof.
Proof that would expose the people who controlled his company.
And the person behind everything…
Was not Victoria.
It was Daniel’s closest business partner.
The man everyone trusted.
The man who gave the speech at the funeral.
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Ethan remembered.
The man who cried the hardest.
