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CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT: THE DOUBLE AGENT
Anna Chen sat in her car for another ten minutes after finishing the recording, watching her twin sister through the living room window. Sarah was crying now, Alex Castellano sitting beside her with an awkward hand on her shoulder, offering comfort he had no right to give.Pathetic.All of them. Sarah with her manufactured friendship, Alex with his manufactured identity, Adrian with his manufactured victim narrative. They were all playing roles in a story they didn't understand, moving through a plot Marcus had written before any of them were born.Anna had known the truth since she was eight years old. The day Marcus had shown up at her adoptive parents' house in Palo Alto, sat her down in their expensive living room, and explained exactly who she was and why she existed."You're my daughter," he'd said, his voice calm and precise. "You have a twin sister named Sarah. You'll never meet her, never know her, because she's being kept ignorant for a reason. But you, you're going to help
CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN: THE REVENGE
"No," Diane said sharply. "Marcus started this years before Alex and Adrian were born. He's been planning this revenge for three decades. He found Katerina. He learned about Irina's death. He discovered the pattern of exploitation in the Castellano family. And then he decided to use that pattern against you.""But why involve his own daughters?" Alex demanded. "Why subject them to the same separation he claims to hate?""Because Marcus doesn't want to break the curse. He wants to perfect it." Diane's voice was cold. "He wants to prove that the Castellano method of separating twins, exploiting women, and maintaining power through deception can work for anyone. He wants to show that the problem isn't the tradition, it's who's been controlling it.""That's insane.""That's revenge. Marcus spent his childhood suffering because of a choice Jonathan's father made. So now he's making his own daughters suffer to prove a point. He's using David's wife to destroy Alex's business. He's using Sar
CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX: THE DEEP OLD
"The twin separation tradition was created by your great-great-grandfather, Vittorio Castellano, in 1924. But it wasn't a mystical curse or an old-world superstition. It was a business strategy.""I don't follow," Alex said."Vittorio had six sons. Under normal circumstances, dividing his fortune six ways would have diminished the family's power. But if he could ensure that only one son inherited the bulk of the wealth while the others were raised separately, with no knowledge of their inheritance, he could maintain the family's financial position across generations.""That's insane," Alex said."That's capitalism." Diane smiled without humor. "Vittorio's scheme worked brilliantly. He separated three sets of twins, keeping one from each pair and hiding the others in orphanages, foster care, abroad. The 'kept' twins inherited everything. The hidden twins inherited nothing. And none of them knew about their siblings until it was too late to challenge the will."Jonathan was shaking his
CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE: THE WOMAN IN THE SHADOWS
The helicopter's rotors sent ripples across puddles on the adjacent building's helipad. Adrian watched the medical team secure Sophia's gurney, Jennifer climbing in beside her daughter, refusing to let go of her hand even as they strapped her in."I'm coming with you," Alex said, moving toward the helicopter."No." Jennifer's voice cut through the rotor noise. "You're staying here. You're fixing this mess. All of it.""Jennifer…""I mean it, Alex. I'm taking our daughter to Switzerland. You're staying here and dealing with your father, your brother, your psychotic grand-uncle, and whatever other family nightmares are about to crawl out of the woodwork." Her eyes were hard. "When I come back, if I come back, I want answers. Real ones. Not the sanitized version you've been feeding me for twelve years."The helicopter lifted before Alex could respond. He stood watching it disappear into the morning sky, his wife and daughter flying away from him toward a country he'd spent years hiding i
CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR: THE HUNTER AND THE HUNTED
The service elevator descended in silence except for the mechanical hum of cables and the steady beep of Sophia's portable monitor. Adrian kept his hand near his phone, ready to call for help if the elevator suddenly stopped.It didn't.They reached the basement level without incident. Vincent checked the corridor—empty except for industrial equipment and the smell of disinfectant."This way," Vincent said, leading them toward a service exit. "The helipad is accessible through the north stairwell."Jennifer pushed Sophia's bed, her jaw set. "How long until the helicopter arrives?""Eight minutes.""And how long until Marcus figures out where we went?""Less than that," Adrian admitted.They moved quickly through the basement corridor. Somewhere above them, the fire alarm continued its piercing wail. The evacuation would be in full chaos now—hundreds of people streaming out of the building, perfect cover for Marcus and his team to move freely."Why is he doing this?" Jennifer asked sud
CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE: THE KEEPER OF SECRETS
The Swiss clinic called back at 6:47 AM.Alex watched his father pace the small consultation room adjacent to Sophia's ICU, phone pressed to his ear, speaking in rapid German. Jonathan's expression shifted as he listened, relief, then concern, then something that looked like resignation.He ended the call and turned to face Alex and Adrian."They'll take her. But we need to move within twelve hours. After that, the window closes, her immune system will be too compromised for the treatment to work.""Twelve hours," Jennifer said from the doorway. She'd been listening. "That's not enough time to get all the legal documentation sorted. The courts aren't even open yet.""We're not waiting for the courts." Jonathan pulled out his laptop and opened it on the table. "I've been preparing for this possibility for years. I have everything we need, birth certificates, medical records, DNA evidence. My lawyers are already filing emergency motions in three different jurisdictions. By noon, I'll le
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