The private jet hummed softly as it sliced through the clouds, bound for Monaco.Nathan sat beside Anita, his hand resting over hers. The velvet box containing her mother’s ring was tucked securely into her coat pocket, and the USB sat like a loaded weapon in Nathan’s briefcase. Anita stared out the window, but her mind was already across the sea—at the white villa where Eleanor Walker had been hiding, untouched, unpunished, and unrepentant.Until now.“You don’t have to do this,” Nathan said gently.“Yes,” she replied, voice steady, “I do.”He studied her face for a moment. “You’re not going there as the wounded daughter, or the girl they tried to destroy.”She met his gaze. “No. I’m going as the woman who survived them all.”The villa in Monaco was precisely what Anita expected of Eleanor—opulence disguised as taste. Marble steps. Classical columns. A sea view so vast it felt like an illusion.Eleanor was waiting on the terrace, a glass of white wine in hand, her icy composure untou
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