All Chapters of My Best Friend STOLE MY Husband -So I Married His Brother : Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

Celeste Black had come for my father.The revelation changed the atmosphere inside Margaret's apartment. Adrian stood beside the dining table, one hand resting against its wooden edge, while Margaret watched the front door as though she could see through it. Ethan moved closer to me, his fingers brushing mine before he took my hand and held it firmly.Nobody spoke for several seconds.Then the woman outside knocked again."Margaret, I know you're in there. You might as well open the door."Celeste's voice was calm, almost pleasant. There was no shouting, no impatient pounding, nothing to suggest that she had come to threaten an entire room of people. Somehow, that made her presence more frightening.Ethan released my hand and reached beneath his jacket. Margaret noticed the movement and shook her head."Don't," she whispered. "If you pull a weapon on Celeste, she'll make sure somebody else pays for it.""She has Amelia," I reminded her, my voice barely above a whisper. "And Mara. I do

By midnight, we had three different versions of the same night and not a single explanation that made sense.Margaret remembered signing an emergency transfer authorization. Isabella remembered Jonathan warning her that the hospital's records had been compromised. Adrian had disappeared from the safe house before we could question him properly, leaving only a short message saying he needed to retrieve something before Celeste found it.And my mother, the one person who might have explained why my name appeared on Amelia's records, wasn't answering her phone.I stood beside the window of the safe house, watching the street below. Ethan had drawn the curtains, but a narrow gap allowed me to see the occasional car passing through the rain."You're going to wear a hole in the floor if you keep pacing," he said.I turned to find him standing in the doorway with two cups of coffee."I don't drink coffee this late.""I know." He handed me one anyway. "It's hot chocolate. Margaret found some

The old chapel stood on a narrow road beyond the city, surrounded by overgrown trees and a rusted iron fence. Its stone walls had darkened with age, and several roof tiles were missing. The place looked abandoned, but the fresh tire tracks outside told a different story.Celeste had arrived before us.Ethan parked behind a line of trees, far enough from the entrance that the headlights wouldn't reveal our position. Margaret remained in the car with the phone and a direct line to Isabella, while Adrian checked the equipment he'd brought from the hospital.I sat beside Ethan, studying the chapel through the windshield."Do you think my mother will come?" I asked."She said she would.""That's not what I asked."He turned toward me."I think she will. She knows what's at stake."I looked down at my hands. The second recording sat inside Ethan's jacket, wrapped in a protective cloth. Jonathan's letter was tucked into my bag, and the original witness statement remained with Adrian.We had

The name on the agreement refused to make sense.My mother had spent years hiding from Victor, helping Elizabeth protect Amelia, and keeping secrets about Jonathan's death. Now we had discovered that she was the second representative of a foundation designed to challenge Victor's control of Black Holdings."She knew," I said.Margaret looked at me. "What?""She knew about the foundation. Maybe not that it had been activated, but she knew Jonathan trusted her with something important."Adrian shook his head. "Not necessarily. Jonathan may have given her the documents without explaining what they were. He had a habit of keeping the full plan to himself.""That's convenient," I replied. "Everyone seems to know a little, forget a little, and hide the rest."Ethan rested the agreement on the desk."We need to establish what this appointment actually means. Does being the second representative give Claire's mother control over the foundation, or does it simply allow her to act until Amelia

For a few seconds, nobody moved.The order on the supervisor's tablet looked legitimate at first glance. It carried Elizabeth's name, a reference number, and an authorization code linked to the Reed Foundation. But after everything we'd discovered, I knew better than to trust a document simply because it appeared official."Do not release him," Ethan said.The supervisor looked uncomfortable. "The order has been verified by the system.""Then the system has been compromised.""I understand your concern, Mr. Black, but I cannot simply ignore an authorization from the foundation."Adrian stepped forward. "You can when the person named on the authorization has not approved it. Contact your director and suspend the release until the order can be independently verified."The supervisor hesitated.That hesitation was enough to make me nervous."How many people have access to this facility?" I asked."Only authorized personnel.""That's not what I asked. How many people can override the syst