The Girl in the Wall by Daphne Benedis-Grab

Author:Daphne Benedis-Grab [Benedis-Grab, Daphne]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: C429, Extratorrents, Kat
Publisher: Merit Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 18

Ariel

My uncle Marc is the one behind this, the one responsible for each person who has been shot in my home. I lean against the wall of the tunnel going back through this night, knowing what I now know. Marc and my dad started Barett Pharmaceuticals together but now Marc is barely involved and I’m assuming a good chunk of the money is unavailable to him. So if he wanted the money, he had to get my dad to sign things over to him. And to get my dad to do that Marc would need to put a huge amount of pressure on my dad, pressure like kidnapping him and taking a house full of kids hostage.

I have to admit, if that was his plan, he organized it well. Normally my dad would be nearly impossible to kidnap—he has too many enemies to go unguarded and he brings his security with him every time he leaves the house. But this party would have been a window of opportunity. My dad had to hire all kinds of extra security for Hudson, and Marc probably volunteered to be in charge of it. That way he could hire this band of psychopaths to hold us hostage while he got what he needed out of my dad. Plus Marc would know my dad’s code for his safe and all kinds of other inside stuff he probably needs to take my dad’s billions.

Though that doesn’t quite add up because he was having me taken out of the room too. Maybe he was going to hold a gun to my head to force my dad to sign things over? My stomach is cold, like I swallowed too much ice, because I can’t help wondering if a gun to my head would have been enough to get my dad to give up his life’s dream and life’s savings. That’s probably why Marc had to take everyone else hostage too. Having a roomful of kids related to some of my dad’s most important colleagues would certainly put the pressure on, if just my life wasn’t enough. I put my hands on my stomach but it doesn’t help so I stand up and head for my bedroom.

I can’t believe my uncle would actually do this. And the more I think about it, the faster the cold creeps away, replaced by the burn of anger, which I like a lot better. By the time I reach my room I’m pretty much furious and hell-bent on taking Marc down. My guilt at Mike’s death is still burrowed into a soft place at the center of my chest, but now that I know who did it, I can’t let him get away with it. There will be no mansion in Brazil or a private island for Marc, not if I have anything to say about it. And thanks to Sera getting my dad’s phone, I do.

Nico is in my room, pacing as he waits for me. I open the grate as fast and quietly as I can, and he turns as I walk in.

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