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Chapter 37: The Architect

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The news hit the quarry like a shockwave.

Fiona Lawama had vanished.

Not escaped.

Not gone into hiding.

Vanished.

For several moments, nobody spoke.

Nobody moved.

The revelation felt too absurd to process.

This was Fiona.

The woman who had spent years controlling operations from the shadows.

The woman whose network stretched through businesses, government offices, law enforcement, and the criminal underworld.

A woman like Fiona didn't simply disappear.

Unless she was afraid.

And that possibilit
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    The quarry fell silent.Not the silence of confusion.The silence of shock.Patricia stood frozen.The phone pressed against her ear.Her breathing shallow.Unsteady.Around her, nobody spoke.Nobody moved.Everyone waited."Alison..."The word barely escaped her lips.On the other end of the call, Alison sounded as though she had run a marathon.Or seen a ghost.Maybe both."I found letters."Patricia closed her eyes.The words immediately took her back to the storage room.The locked chest.Mercy's secrets."From Mom?""Yes."A pause.Then Alison corrected herself."From Mercy."The change stung.Both women felt it.Patricia swallowed."What do they say?"The lawyer exhaled shakily."Grace knew."Joel immediately looked up.David too.Even Bethwel shifted closer.Patricia noticed.Everyone was listening.And suddenly she hated that her family's pain had become public property.At Mercy's house, Alison remained seated on the dusty floor.Letters surrounded her.Photographs.Hospital

  • The Wife He Betrayed   Chapter 37: The Architect

    The news hit the quarry like a shockwave.Fiona Lawama had vanished.Not escaped.Not gone into hiding.Vanished.For several moments, nobody spoke.Nobody moved.The revelation felt too absurd to process.This was Fiona.The woman who had spent years controlling operations from the shadows.The woman whose network stretched through businesses, government offices, law enforcement, and the criminal underworld.A woman like Fiona didn't simply disappear.Unless she was afraid.And that possibility frightened Joel Aliet more than anything else."How long ago?" Joel asked.Kepha checked his phone again."Forty-seven minutes."Joel cursed softly.David noticed."That's bad?"Joel laughed bitterly."Much worse than bad."Alex frowned."I don't understand."Joel looked at him.Then at everyone gathered in the quarry."The moment Fiona realized she was expendable, she ran."The implication slowly sank in.If Fiona was expendable...Then someone sat above her.Someone far more dangerous.Someo

  • The Wife He Betrayed   Chapter 36: Grace's Secret

    The quarry fell into absolute silence.No one moved.No one spoke.Even the wind seemed to have stopped.Joel Aliet's words lingered in the air like poison."The woman who took the babies was working for Grace Akinyi."Alex blinked.Once.Twice.Trying to understand what he had heard.Beside him, David Pilka looked as if the ground beneath his feet had disappeared."No..."The older man shook his head."No."Joel's expression softened.Not because he enjoyed this.Because he knew exactly how much damage the truth could cause."I wish I was wrong."David took an unsteady step forward."Grace would never—""Would never what?" Joel interrupted quietly."Protect her children?"The question struck like a slap.David froze.Joel lowered the folder."You've spent twenty-six years investigating what happened after the babies disappeared."His gaze hardened."I spent twenty-six years investigating what happened before."A few kilometers away, Obadiah's convoy had finally reached the outskirts

  • The Wife He Betrayed   Chapter 35: The Man Who Refused to Die

    For a moment, nobody moved.Nobody breathed.Nobody spoke.The quarry stood frozen beneath a cloud of dust and smoke.Even the gunfire stopped.Because the name that had just echoed through the loudspeaker was impossible.Utterly impossible.Joel Aliet was dead.Everyone knew that.Patricia believed it.The police believed it.The media believed it.The conspirators certainly believed it.Yet the voice carried across the valley again.Calm.Steady.Unmistakable."Drop your weapons."Alex stared through the smoke.His mind struggling to process two impossible revelations at once.David's words.The fourth child is Patricia.And now—Joel Aliet.Alive.Very much alive."What the hell is happening?" Alex whispered.Even David seemed shaken.The older man's face had lost color.Blood continued seeping through his injured shoulder.Yet his attention wasn't on the wound.It was fixed on the smoke-covered entrance."No..."The word escaped him softly.Almost reverently."No, Joel..."At the

  • The Wife He Betrayed   Chapter 34: Crossfire

    The first gunshot changed everything.One moment, the quarry had been a tense standoff.Then next, it became a battlefield.Kepha Gaya's man collapsed instantly.A crimson stain spread across his chest before he hit the ground.Then came the second shot.Another.And another.The echoes bounced off the quarry walls like thunder."DOWN!"David Pilka tackled Alex behind a large boulder.Bullets immediately struck the rock.Fragments exploded into the air.Alex felt sharp pieces cut his cheek."Who are they?" he shouted.David's face was grim."The people nobody wants to meet."Across the quarry, Kepha's men scrambled for cover.Their discipline immediately became apparent.No panic.No confusion.They moved with military precision.Returning fire.Communicating through hand signals.Trying to locate the attackers.But the shooters remained invisible.Whoever they were, they had chosen their positions carefully.High ground.Excellent visibility.Excellent cover.A professional ambush.K

  • The Wife He Betrayed   Chapter 33: Sins of the Past

    The accusation hung in the air.Heavy.Poisonous.Explosive.Alex stared at David Pilka.Waiting.Hoping.Expecting an immediate denial.A shout.An angry rebuttal.Something.Anything.Instead, David remained silent.The older man's face looked as though someone had ripped open a wound that had never healed.Kepha Gaya smiled.The reaction told him everything."Look at him, Alex."The armed leader spread his hands dramatically."Look carefully."David finally spoke."Kepha..."His voice sounded tired.Broken."Don't."The smile widened."Oh, now you want me to stop?"Kepha laughed bitterly."Twenty-six years too late."Alex's pulse hammered."What is he talking about?"Neither man answered immediately.The silence became unbearable.Finally, David spoke."I loved Grace."The words stunned Alex.Not because he hadn't suspected a connection.Because of the pain behind them.Real pain.Raw pain.The kind that survives decades.David slowly lowered his eyes."We were engaged."The world

  • The Wife He Betrayed   Chapter 6: The First Move

    Patricia spent the rest of the day pretending everything was normal.She picked Faith from school.Helped Glen with his homework.Prepared supper.Smiled when necessary.Spoke when spoken to.But beneath the calm surface, something powerful was taking shape.For years, she had been reacting to life

  • The Wife He Betrayed   Chapter 5: The Lies Beneath

    The rest of the afternoon passed in silence.Patricia and Alison remained parked several blocks away, watching Alex's car disappear into Nakuru traffic.Neither of them spoke immediately.Both were trying to make sense of what they had witnessed.The affair was real.That much was no longer in doub

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