Sarah Chen lowered her weapon slightly, but she kept it trained on Frederick. Her face showed a mixture of emotions: anger, determination, and something that Frederick could not quite identify.
"My grandfather was Marcus's father," Sarah said. "My grandfather was David Chen. He was the one who was caught and convicted for murdering your father. But what nobody knew, what nobody understood, was that David Chen did not act alone. Your father did not die of a heart attack. Your father died because your family ordered his death."
"That is not true," Frederick said, but even as he spoke the words, he felt a sliver of doubt. He had discovered so many hidden conspiracies and secrets about his family over the past few years that he could no longer be entirely certain of anything.
"It is true,"
