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CHAPTER 137 PART 2
He moved toward the elevator, but Diego stepped into his path."No."Santiago stopped, confused. "What do you mean, no? She's my sister. I have a right to—""Your sister and I had a conversation," Diego interrupted, his voice cold. "While you were out here plotting revenge and refusing to listen to reason, Esperanza and I talked. About everything. About your debts, your lies, your role in bringing Luca into our lives."Santiago's face went pale. "Diego, I can explain—""There's nothing to explain. We know what you did. How you used your sister to pay your debts. How you conspired with Luca to break up our marriage. How you hired that maid to spy on us. All of it.""I was desperate! I made mistakes, but—""Starting now," Diego said, his voice dropping to something almost lethal, "Esperanza and I want nothing to do with you. You're her brother by blood, but that's where it ends. We don't want your money, your influence, or your presence in our lives. Leave us the fuck alone."Santiago s
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In the police interrogation room, Luca sat across from two detectives, his expensive suit rumpled, his earlier arrogance replaced with barely controlled panic. His lawyer sat beside him, whispering urgently, but Luca barely listened."I pushed her," Luca admitted finally, his voice cracking. "Okay? I admit it. Esperanza slapped me, I got angry, and I shoved her. She fell and hit her head on the table. But it was an accident. I never meant for her to get hurt that badly.""An accident," Detective Morrison repeated flatly. "You assaulted a woman, caused her to suffer a traumatic brain injury, and then fabricated a story claiming she was having an affair with you. That's your definition of an accident?""I panicked! I was scared! I didn't know what else to do!""And Ricardo Vega's death?" Detective Chen leaned forward. "What about that accident?""That wasn't me!" Luca's voice rose with genuine terror. "I had nothing to do with that! I didn't even know he was dead until everyone started
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Diego returned to Esperanza's room. She'd fallen back asleep, exhausted from her ordeal and the healing energy he'd poured into her. She looked peaceful now, her breathing steady and strong, the color returned to her cheeks.He sat in the chair beside her bed, taking her hand gently in his. How was he going to tell her? How do you tell someone that their father—the man who'd raised her, protected her, built an empire to secure her future—was gone? Murdered while she lay unconscious just floors away?Diego's left hand throbbed with dark power, the Devil's Hand responding to his grief and rage. The cursed voice whispered promises of vengeance, of making whoever ordered the hit suffer beyond imagination.But Diego pushed it down, maintained control. Esperanza would need him strong when she woke. Stable. Not consumed by darkness and thoughts of revenge.Even if revenge was all he could think about.Miles away, in a nondescript apartment, the assassin removed her nurse's scrubs and dropped
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Diego's eyes remained fixed on Ricardo Vega's body as the medical examiner approached. Even through his grief and rage, his trained mind was working, analyzing, questioning.Something didn't add up."Wait," Diego called out to the examiner. "Let me see him. Just for a moment."The examiner looked to the officers uncertainly. One of them shrugged. "He's already cuffed. What harm can it do?"They allowed Diego to approach, still handcuffed, flanked by two officers. He leaned down, studying Ricardo's neck with the practiced eye of someone who'd seen death in all its forms.There. A tiny puncture wound on the left side of the neck, barely visible. So small it could have been mistaken for an insect bite or a scratch.But Diego knew better."This wasn't Luca," Diego said quietly."What?" One of the officers frowned. "You were just screaming that he did it.""I was wrong." Diego's jaw clenched. "Look at this wound. Single puncture, perfectly placed on the carotid artery. No hesitation marks,
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Luca's face flushed red. "You're full of shit, Santiago. A worthless debtor trying to save his own skin by pointing fingers. You have no evidence. No proof. Nothing but the desperate lies of a man who destroyed his own family through gambling and stupidity.""He's not lying," a cold female voice cut through the argument.Draya Vincent stepped forward from where she'd been standing near the vending machines. Her face was pale but determined, her phone held high in one hand."I have proof," she announced. "I recorded your conversation with Santiago earlier. Every word."The color drained from Luca's face. "You... you what?""You admitted everything," Draya continued, her voice steady despite the tremor in her hands. "How you shoved Esperanza. How you made up the story about her throwing herself at you. How you blackmailed Santiago into staying quiet. I have it all recorded right here."She tapped her phone's screen, and Luca's voice filled the hallway:"Your sister came to my office to
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The realization hit Diego like a mace to the face.Ricardo Vega—the man who'd welcomed him into his family, who'd trusted him with his daughter's life, who'd stood by him when everyone else had doubted—was dead. Just gone. Slumped in a chair like he'd simply dozed off from exhaustion.But he wasn't sleeping. He was dead.The fight drained from Diego's body like water from a punctured barrel. His hands went limp at his sides. The dark mist seeping from his left glove dissipated. Even the murderous rage toward Luca faded into something hollow and empty."No," Diego whispered. "No, that's not... he can't be..."The cops saw their opportunity. Three of them rushed forward, grabbing Diego's arms and forcing him face-first to the floor. His bad leg twisted painfully, but he barely registered it. The cold linoleum pressed against his cheek as his arms were wrenched behind his back."Don't resist! Stop resisting!"The metallic click of handcuffs echoed in Diego's ears as they locked around hi
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