That evening, Daniel made a decision.
He would protect Anna.
Not because he felt sorry for her.
Because he believed her.
He also discovered something else.
Victoria had recently purchased a large amount of Anna's former employer's debt.
It meant she could potentially force Anna's family out of their apartment.
Daniel confronted Victoria.
“What are you doing?”
Victoria smiled.
“Taking care of business.”
“You bought Anna's debt.”
“So?”
“Why?”
Victoria stepped closer.
“You seem unusually interested in that waitress.”
“She's a person.”
Victoria laughed.
“You're becoming sentimental.”
“No. I'm becoming suspicious.”
Her smile vanished.
“Be careful, Daniel.”
“Is that a threat?”
“It's advice.”
She walked away.
That night, Daniel received an anonymous email.
There was only one attachment.
A photograph of Anna's father.
The message underneath read:
“Ask yourself why he died.”
Daniel stared at the photograph.
Then he noticed something in the background.
A hotel.
A date.
And a room number.
Daniel immediately recognized the place.
It was the same hotel where his own father had attended a private business meeting three years earlier.
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Suddenly, the two families were connected by something far more dangerous than money.
And Daniel knew they had to find out what happened in that hotel.
CHAPTER 5
Daniel and Anna arrived at the hotel before sunrise.
The building had been renovated several times, but room 417 still existed.
The manager reluctantly gave them access to old records.
They discovered that Anna's father had checked into the hotel three years earlier.
But he had not checked out.
Someone else had used his key afterward.
That person was Richard Blackwood.
Anna felt sick.
“He came here after my father.”
Daniel nodded.
“According to the records.”
They searched the old room.
Nothing seemed unusual.
Then Anna noticed a loose panel beneath the desk.
She pulled it away.
Inside was a small envelope.
Her father's handwriting was on it.
“For Anna.”
She opened it.