The room was filled with tension as gunshots echoed from outside. Angelo Messina stared at Ellis Barker with seriousness, a silent question in his eyes. The question lingered in the air: “So, was all of this a big trap set by you and Vittorio because of that night?”
Ellis, resolute, denied the hypothesis. “No, Messina, this is only my trap. It's time for you to realize that everything was planned by me.”
“How could you do this alone?” Messina inquired.
With a calculating smile, Ellis revealed her trump card. “I know your weakness, Messina. A vulnerable woman, like your own son Matthew, guided me. In fact, it was he who told me about what happened on the night Jason died.”
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MONTHS AGO...
Ellis Barker, after being discharged from the hospital, was packing her things, determined to m
