HIS NAME ON HER RUIN. Episode 9: The DNA
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“My father was your father.”
The words hung between them.
Victoria stared at Adrian.
“No.”
Adrian didn’t move.
His eyes remained fixed on the DNA report.
“It’s impossible.”
Victoria snatched the paper from his hand.
The result was unmistakable.
ELIAS BLACKWELL — VICTORIA SLOANE
MATCH: 99.98%
Her fingers trembled.
“My father was Samuel Sloane.”
“That’s what you were told.”
She looked at him.
“And your father?”
“Elias.”
Silence.
Victoria stepped backward.
Adrian immediately noticed.
“Victoria.”
“Don’t come closer.”
He stopped.
She looked down at the report again.
“If this is real…”
“It isn’t.”
She looked up.
“What?”
Adrian pointed at the bottom of the document.
“Look at the date.”
Victoria frowned.
The test had supposedly been conducted eighteen years ago.
But the laboratory listed on the document had not opened until six years later.
Her heart stopped.
“This is fake.”
“Yes.”
“But why create a fake DNA test?”
“To make us believe exactly what we believe now.”
Victoria’s eyes narrowed.
“Someone wants us apart.”
Adrian nodded.
“Someone has been trying to do that from the beginning.”
A sound came from the tunnel.
Footsteps.
Adrian grabbed the document.
“Someone’s coming.”
Victoria followed him deeper into the tunnel.
They reached another door.
Adrian pushed it open.
It led into an abandoned garage behind the old Blackwell property.
A black SUV waited outside.
The driver’s door opened.
Daniel stepped out.
“Get in.”
Victoria froze.
“Daniel?”
Adrian’s expression hardened.
“What are you doing here?”
“Saving your lives.”
“How did you find us?”
Daniel looked toward the house.
“Because your security team has been compromised.”
Victoria climbed into the SUV.
Adrian followed.
As Daniel drove away, Victoria stared through the window.
“Where is my mother?”
Daniel didn’t answer.
“Daniel.”
“I don’t know.”
Adrian looked at him.
“Then who does?”
Daniel’s hands tightened around the steering wheel.
“The man who has been controlling this entire mess.”
“Who?”
Daniel looked at Victoria through the mirror.
“Your father’s former business partner.”
Victoria frowned.
“I thought my father only had one partner.”
“He did.”
Daniel paused.
“Until he betrayed him.”
“What’s his name?”
Daniel’s eyes met Adrian’s.
“Marcus Vale.”
Victoria had never heard the name.
But Adrian had.
His expression changed.
“That’s impossible.”
“Why?”
“Because Marcus Vale died eighteen years ago.”
Daniel shook his head.
“No.”
He looked at Victoria.
“Everyone thought he did.”
The SUV disappeared into the night.
Behind them, the old Blackwell residence burned.
And somewhere inside the fire, Victoria’s mother was missing.
Again.
To be continued…
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