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The Housekeeper’s Legacy Chapter 14: A Warning Shot
The screen went black just as quickly as it had come alive.Jasper stood frozen in the darkened office, fists clenched, face pale.“He hacked us,” he growled. “That bastard hacked us.”Marcus didn’t flinch. He simply sipped his drink, unbothered by the chaos.“Let him play his little games,” Marcus said calmly. “Every flare he lights only makes him more visible. The wolves are already moving.”Jasper turned, furious. “You said this wouldn’t happen! You said he was just a fluke—some ghost with no proof!”“And now he has your face on video,” Marcus said. “Don’t blame me because you left evidence.”Jasper smashed a crystal tumbler against the floor.“This ends now.”Back at the safehouse, Gregory shut the laptop and exhaled. The live feed had been risky—exposing their location even briefly could have tipped off someone watching.But it was necessary.He wanted Jasper to know he wasn’t in control anymore.“That was reckless,” Blake muttered, pacing behind him. “Broadcasting to psychos who
The Housekeeper’s Legacy Chapter 15: Shadows on Black Rock
The safehouse was no longer safe.After the sniper attack, Gregory and Amelia vanished into one of Crane’s backup hideouts—an abandoned train station turned bunker beneath the city. Concrete walls. No windows. Triple firewalls on the network. Silent as a grave.Amelia sat at the far corner, legs pulled to her chest, eyes wide and sleepless.Gregory paced, fists tight. “They tried to kill you.”“No,” Amelia said softly, “they tried to kill you. I was just a witness.”Gregory turned sharply. “Don’t say that like you don’t matter. You do. They know it. That’s why they targeted us both.”Crane emerged from the shadows, holding a tablet. “I traced the shot’s trajectory. The sniper used military-grade equipment. Suppressed barrel. Infrared scope. Whoever it was, they were ex-military—possibly even current.”“Voss has soldiers now?” Gregory asked.Crane nodded grimly. “He has everything.”Blake stepped forward, pulling up a satellite map. He pointed to a speck off the coast—Black Rock Island
The Housekeeper’s Legacy Chapter 17: The Letter in the Fire
The rain had stopped, but the storm inside Gregory hadn’t.He stood at the edge of the lighthouse balcony, his arm freshly bandaged, watching the waves crash below. The wind whipped through his hair, but his thoughts were somewhere else—buried in a time he barely remembered.The truth Crane had revealed played on repeat in his head.They didn’t just hide you. They stole you.He couldn’t sleep. Could barely breathe. Every memory of childhood now felt tainted. Every moment with “Mr. Caldwell” dripped with a new layer of poison.Behind him, the old wooden door creaked open.Amelia stepped out, her expression soft.“I thought you might jump,” she said, trying to keep it light.He gave a humorless laugh. “And miss the look on Jasper’s face when I take everything from him? Not a chance.”She walked over slowly, hands in her coat pockets. “Crane found something else.”Gregory turned.She pulled out a thin envelope—aged, yellowing at the corners.“It was buried in the last batch of files,” sh
The Housekeeper’s Legacy Chapter 16: The Devil’s Deal
The world blurred around Gregory as the boat sped through the dark waters. The gunshot wound throbbed in time with the pounding of his heart, each beat a fresh jolt of agony.Amelia pressed a wad of torn cloth against his bleeding shoulder, her hands slick with his blood."Stay with me!" she shouted over the roar of the engine and the crash of the waves.Gregory gritted his teeth and forced his eyes open. He couldn’t afford to pass out. Not now. Not when they were so close.Crane steered the boat with deadly focus, glancing back every few seconds."We can't go back to the mainland," he barked. "They’ll have every port locked down within the hour.""Then where?" Amelia demanded.Crane's jaw tightened. "We hide deeper."They reached a forgotten cove miles away from the city, hidden by jagged cliffs and dense fog. An old smuggler’s cave—abandoned, or so Crane claimed.Gregory stumbled off the boat with Amelia’s help, collapsing onto the rocky shore.Blake, already waiting with supplies
The Housekeeper’s Legacy Chapter 45: The Cost of a Name
The night was thick with shadows, the only light coming from the headlights of the approaching vehicle. The world felt far too quiet, the sound of their footsteps muffled by the dense forest floor. Gregory’s heart raced in his chest, and the weight of the gun in his hand felt more real than ever. He hadn’t signed up for any of this. He hadn’t asked for a legacy, for a war that seemed to be brewing all around him.But now, as they made their way deeper into the woods, the reality of it hit him harder than before. He wasn’t just Gregory the housekeeper anymore. He wasn’t just a forgotten son. He was someone else—someone tied to a legacy, a company, a father he hadn’t known existed.The man beside him, who had been his guide through this chaos, moved swiftly, his eyes scanning the surroundings. His
The Housekeeper’s Legacy Chapter 18: The Devil’s Leverage
Gregory stared at the dead phone line, his mind racing.Mrs. Dillard.She had been the one constant in his chaotic childhood—the only person who showed him kindness during the darkest years. She’d bandaged his scraped knees, snuck him extra food, told him bedtime stories when his “father” forgot he existed.And now they had her.He slammed the phone down and stormed out of the room.Crane looked up from a terminal. “Something happen?”“They got Mrs. Dillard,” Gregory said, breath ragged. “They’re using her against me.”
The Housekeeper’s Legacy Chapter 19: Into the Lion’s Den
The Caldwell Tower stood like a monolith in the center of the city—sixty floors of steel, glass, and secrets. At the top, chandeliers were being polished, red carpets unfurled, and champagne chilled.Tonight wasn’t just a gala. It was a coronation.Jasper’s coronation.Marcus had planned it meticulously: the formal announcement of Jasper as his heir, the symbolic passing of power through a golden signet ring, and the final signing of transition papers that would make Jasper the public—and legal—face of the entire empire.Every major shareholder, board member, and government contact would be there.And Gregor
The Housekeeper’s Legacy Chapter 20: The Man in the Shadows
The gala aftermath was chaos.News vans blanketed the Caldwell Tower like vultures circling a fresh corpse. Social media exploded with footage of the scene: Gregory’s face lit by stage lights as he claimed his birthright… Marcus being shot and arrested… Jasper dragged away in cuffs.By midnight, the Caldwell Corporation's stock had plummeted 18%.But deep inside the tower—beyond the flashing lights, the public spectacle, the gasping headlines—Gregory sat alone in a dim conference room.Waiting.The door creaked open.Amelia stepped in, holding a manila folder and a black USB stick.
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Chapter 27: The Edge of the Fall
The pain hit him like a wave, sharp and searing. Gregory gasped, clutching his side, blood soaking his shirt as he crumpled to the floor. His vision swam, every breath feeling like it might be his last.“You really thought you had a chance?” Voss's voice was cold, detached, as he towered over Gregory, his eyes gleaming with cruel amusement. “You’re not the hero in this story. You’re the fool.”Gregory’s hand trembled as he reached for the gun holstered at his side, but his body felt heavy, sluggish. The room around him spun, his thoughts growing distant.Voss knelt down, pressing the barrel of the gun to Gregory’s temple. “I gave you a chance. But you couldn’t let go, could you? You wanted to be something you’re not.”Gregory’s heart raced. His mind was foggy, but he knew one thing—he wasn’t ready to die. Not here, not now, not with Mrs. Dillard still tied to that chair.He clenched his jaw, his vision sharpening as he forced himself to focus. He couldn’t let this be the end. Not yet.
Chapter 26: The Reckoning
The address was too close. Too easy.Gregory knew better than to trust anything that looked like a shortcut. This was no rescue; it was a setup.But Mrs. Dillard had always been more than just the woman who’d raised him. She was a connection to everything he had left in this world.He couldn’t leave her in their hands.The car’s tires screeched as they peeled out, heading toward the derelict warehouse district near the docks. The air was thick with fog and the smell of saltwater, a scent he’d once thought was calming. Now it felt like the ocean was closing in on him.Crane’s voice crackled over the comms. “We’ve got eyes on the building. It’s not empty. Two guards at the front door. Cameras everywhere.”“Let me handle it,” Amelia said. “I’ll go in first. Clear the way.”Gregory shook his head. “No. I go in. Alone.”Her gaze hardened. “I’m not letting you walk into this suicide mission.”“I’m not asking for permission. This is my fight. I’ll do it my way.”She opened her mouth to argue
Chapter 25: Smoke and Shadows
The blast left Gregory’s ears ringing.Smoke filled the safehouse like a stormcloud, choking out the light. Alarms wailed behind flashing red emergency beacons as shards of the door rained down around them.Gregory’s eyes locked on the figure in the smoke—Jasper, stepping forward like a wraith, gun raised, a smug grin slicing across his face.“I told you, Stone,” Jasper said. “Next time, no message.”Amelia lunged behind an overturned table, dragging Gregory down with her as a shot rang out and tore into the wall where he’d just stood.Crane shouted from behind his rig. “Files are 78% backed up—stall him!”“Working on it!” Gregory yelled, crawling to the corner where he kept his emergency gear.Jasper fired again, the bullet sparking against metal.“You should’ve stayed a nobody,” he snarled, advancing. “Housekeeping suited you.”Gregory yanked open the floor hatch and tossed a flashbang toward the smoke.Boom!Light and sound exploded.Jasper screamed, dropping to one knee, disorient
Chapter 24: Under Siege
The phone slipped from Gregory’s hand and hit the ground with a crack. He stood frozen, his mind racing.They had Mrs. Dillard.And Jasper was working with Voss.Again.“Crane,” Gregory barked into his earpiece, “they’re moving her. I need a satellite scan of the area. Anything that left in the last ten minutes—car, drone, carrier pigeon, I don’t care.”Crane’s voice was clipped. “Already scanning. But Gregory—this was a message. Not just to you. To us. They want us rattled.”“It’s working,” Amelia muttered, pacing beside him. “We walked into that like amateurs.”Gregory ignored the sting of truth. “Then it’s time to stop reacting and start fighting.”Amelia narrowed her eyes. “What do you have in mind?”Back at the safehouse, Crane had the floor.He spun his laptop toward them, displaying a maze of files and blueprints.“This is Operation Ashbone,” he said. “The full file. Gregory, you pulled more than just a confession from that vault. You pulled Voss’s entire playbook.”Gregory lea
Chapter 23: Baited
The paper crumpled in Gregory’s fist as a sick weight settled in his chest.“Where is she?” he muttered, scanning the room like he might spot a clue in the shadows.Amelia checked the hallway, her hand hovering near the concealed taser at her belt. “No staff, no patients. This whole wing’s empty.”Gregory’s eyes locked on the surveillance camera above the door—its red light blinking.“Crane,” he said into his earpiece, “we need a trace on the retirement home’s security feed, now.”The line crackled.Then Crane’s voice came back tight. “Already on
Chapter 22: The Kill Switch
The room was so quiet, the hum of the laptop fan sounded like a turbine.Gregory’s eyes stayed locked on the screen. Voss’s face—years younger—flickered in the video. He wasn’t just confessing. He was documenting. Each word weighed with cold precision.“I didn’t intend to steal the company. Not at first. But Marcus was weak. He lacked ambition. So I gave him direction—fed him power, then used him to seize control.”“Richard Caldwell was too noble. Too soft. I needed the empire, not the man. So I made sure he lost everything—his board seat, his name, even his son.”
Chapter 21: Ghosts in the Vault
Gregory’s eyes stayed locked on Amelia, though the world around him seemed to tilt.“Voss is interim chairman?” he asked slowly, each word pulled from his throat like gravel.Amelia nodded. “The board claims he’s the ‘only neutral party with deep ties to the company’s legacy.’ It’s a lie. They’re handing him control.”Crane’s voice buzzed in over speakerphone. “He’s using the chaos to slip in. While the world focuses on Marcus and Jasper, Voss becomes the real kingmaker.”Gregory ran a hand through his hair. “I need leverage. Something Voss can’t spin, bury, or silence.”“I might have a lead,” Amelia said, spinning her laptop around. “There’s a rumor about a hidden archive in the original Caldwell estate—an underground vault built by Richard Caldwell himself. No digital records. Just hard files. Secrets.”Gregory leaned closer. “What kind of secrets?”She pulled up a grainy architectural blueprint. “Old contracts, buried transactions… and a sealed file labeled ‘Operation Ashbone.’”Cr
Chapter 20: The Man in the Shadows
The gala aftermath was chaos.News vans blanketed the Caldwell Tower like vultures circling a fresh corpse. Social media exploded with footage of the scene: Gregory’s face lit by stage lights as he claimed his birthright… Marcus being shot and arrested… Jasper dragged away in cuffs.By midnight, the Caldwell Corporation's stock had plummeted 18%.But deep inside the tower—beyond the flashing lights, the public spectacle, the gasping headlines—Gregory sat alone in a dim conference room.Waiting.The door creaked open.Amelia stepped in, holding a manila folder and a black USB stick.
Chapter 19: Into the Lion’s Den
The Caldwell Tower stood like a monolith in the center of the city—sixty floors of steel, glass, and secrets. At the top, chandeliers were being polished, red carpets unfurled, and champagne chilled.Tonight wasn’t just a gala. It was a coronation.Jasper’s coronation.Marcus had planned it meticulously: the formal announcement of Jasper as his heir, the symbolic passing of power through a golden signet ring, and the final signing of transition papers that would make Jasper the public—and legal—face of the entire empire.Every major shareholder, board member, and government contact would be there.And Gregor
