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CHAPTER 78

Author: Penny
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Geneva Safehouse – 6:42 AM

The chessboard sat between us, Griffin's small fingers hovering over his queen. Morning light filtered through bulletproof windows, casting long shadows across the Alpine-modern interior of the safehouse I'd maintained for years—an insurance policy I'd never expected to cash in. Outside, Lake Geneva glittered in the distance, serene and oblivious to the deadly game unfolding within its view.

"Check," Griffin said softly, moving his queen to threaten my king.

I studied the board, seeing in his strategy echoes of his father's play—aggressive, decisive, three steps ahead. But there was something else too, something Michael had never possessed: patience. Griffin had been setting up this particular move for the past twenty minutes, sacrificing pieces I hadn't even recognized as valuable until too late.

I moved my king out of immediate danger. "How long have you known?"

"About Daddy being alive?" He took my rook with barely a glance, his attention seemingly focu
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