The little girl screamed, “Daddy, don’t drink it!”—then knocked the poisoned tea from his hand.
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Chapter 12 - THE MANHUNT
With Lily recovering, the full weight of law enforcement turned toward Julian.
His plane had been found abandoned at the airstrip. Fuel left untouched. He had never arrived. He was hiding somewhere in the wilderness between the cabin and the border.
But Julian had made one fatal mistake.
When he fled the cabin, he had left behind his phone. Buried under a pile of logs. And on that phone… messages. Records. Evidence.
Everything.
Names of corrupt officials. Bank accounts. Payments to Nora. Proof Julian had orchestrated the fire, the falsified records, the kidnapping… everything.
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And one message, sent hours before his arrest: If I am caught… everyone goes down with me.
Julian knew he had nowhere left to run.
