Chapter 13 - I Faced the Woman Who Threatened My Child, and Her Confession Exposed the Man Funding the Entire Scheme
Elias looked exhausted beneath the interview lights.
He admitted moving money for Julian.
He insisted he never meant to hurt Leo.
I told him intentions did not erase consequences.
He nodded without defending himself.
His testimony identified a financier.
A businessman named Malcolm Voss.
Voss owned the company handling charity reimbursements.
He also owned the restaurant operating Laura.
David Kesler had been his employee.
The night I saved Roman, Voss's people panicked.
They feared Roman had discovered the fraud.
David was ordered to fire anyone connected to him.
My lateness gave him an excuse.
I remembered the paycheck on the floor.
The humiliation had not been random.
It was part of a cover-up.
Nora later confirmed Voss's involvement.
She agreed to testify about the abductions.
Her daughter had entered witness protection.
I listened without offering absolution.
She had helped frighten my son.
That truth would remain.
But her testimony could protect other children.
Roman apologized again for his former partners.
I asked him to stop apologizing with words.
"Build something better," I said.
He looked toward Leo playing with crayons.
"I want to."
Park arrived with another warrant.
Voss's financial office had been searched.
The files included a contingency plan.
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One page was labeled TRIAL NIGHT.
And beneath it was our home address.
