Billionaire's Second Chance in Paris by Rebecca Winters

Author:Rebecca Winters
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2023-03-31T20:14:13+00:00

CHAPTER FIVE

THE UNDERCOVER OFFICER who’d brought them home walked out to talk to Raoul. “My job here is finished. I’ll leave them in your hands.”

“Thank you for everything you’ve done. This is a day to go down in history.”

“You can say that again. My folks had a relative who died in that fire years ago.”

“Like so many others, our family had one too. Now it’s over.”

The two men shook hands before he walked to the police car. By now the family had gone inside. Raoul waited until Simone signaled him from the doorway to join them.

He’d never stepped on Dumotte property, let alone stepped over the threshold. Once inside, the austerity of the interior twisted his gut. But that would change now that Simone had free rein of everything, including their bank account and possessions. Raoul would make sure of it.

“Raoul? Come in the living room and explain to everyone how you managed for all of this to happen.”

Fleurine sat on the couch between her siblings. Raoul sat in one of the wooden chairs opposite them next to Simone.

“After ten years, your sister and I met by accident in Paris a little over three weeks ago. She’ll tell you the details in her own time. But what you need to know is that with her and Simone’s help, I learned your father had hired his friends to keep me and my brothers under surveillance all these years. He hated my father and our family. If he had caught me or my family talking with anyone in your family, he would have had everyone killed.”

Emma gasped. So did Fleurine who realized Raoul was still keeping quiet about his relationship with her.

“However, the accidental meeting in Paris with your sister has changed the course of all our lives. I called in the police, and they devised a plan to arrest your father for a crime against the Church. He’s now in custody for that crime in La Racineuse, along with his cohorts. They’ll be flown to Paris tomorrow to face trial, conviction and imprisonment.”

Marti sat forward with a solemn expression. “Are you talking about the fire that burned those monks alive?”

Raoul cleared the blockage in his throat. “Yes.”

“So our father was responsible.”

“He and his friends. I realize this can’t be easy for you to hear. But as Father Didier at the cathedral told me weeks ago, Garber was once an innocent child. Through being abused, he learned to hate, and God will deal with him. What’s important is that he and Simone produced three wonderful children, and you have your whole lives ahead of you. That’s what I want to talk to you about.

“Your father did run the dairy faithfully for years. Despite her constant fear of all of you being killed because of his threats, your mother supported him while raising you to keep you safe. Out of respect for your mom and you, our family held a meeting and want to do something for you in return.

“Emma and Marti, you can go on working at the fromagerie or whatever you’d like to do on the estate.

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