~Ava's POV~
"I've been waiting for you to be ready."
That message came later. But first, I had to figure out who Victor Hale even was anymore.
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"Ava, I need you to tell me everything you know about him," Dominic demanded.
We were at the kitchen table this time, Colt's map pulled up on the tablet between us, little markers showing Victor's known locations around the city over the past three weeks. He'd been busy. And quiet. Two things that, together, meant something.
I grabbed my coffee and thought, where do I even begin?
"He disappeared when I was around twelve," I began. "There was a massive falling-out with my father over the company. Doors slamming, voices through walls, the kind of fight that blows over, but leaves a mark. After that, Victor was gone.
"What was the officia
