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Magnus returned to the living room, finding Maximus still seated, his face buried in his hands. His fingers massaged his scalp as if trying to stave off the onslaught of emotions and thoughts swirling in his head. Coming to the house of the man who claimed to be his father had only left him more frustrated, saddened, and in pain. He couldn’t stop imagining the unimaginable suffering his mother had endured–or perhaps he could, and that was what tormented him most. The memory of his actions with Mary surfaced, filling him with guilt and a sense of suffocation.

“Maximus… Here’s what your brother left for you,” Magnus said, holding out a thick envelope stuffed with papers and a USB drive. “If you want, you can open the files in my study. I have a laptop there.”

“What’s this?” Maximus asked, rubbing his temples, his brow furrowed in frustration.

“As I said… it’s the life’s work and legacy of Leonardo Palmer and Frank Levett.”

“Do you have any whisky? I need something stronger than coffee.”

“Yes… Let’s head to the study. I keep some there.”

The two men walked through the elegant halls of Magnus’s home.

“There’s the computer,” Magnus said, gesturing toward a sleek laptop on a desk. “I’ll pour you a whisky now. On

a desk. “I’ll the rocks or neat?”

“Neat,” Maximus replied, already opening the folder and spreading its contents across the desk.

bearing Leonardo Palmer’s signature. Maximus’s eyes widened as he realized many of the

bastard Frank… He’s been looting the company

carefully. There’s more here than you might imagine,” Magnus said, handing him the glass of

the

“See for yourself.”

the drive into the laptop, opening a trove of files. The data was damning–solid proof that Peter had meticulously compiled to drag their father to

the shares to Marcus and Mary? Maximus asked, stunned.

Preston. That softened her heart. That’s why your father orchestrated her death. Leonardo never forgave Catherine for wanting to

put

you think prison

I convinced him that exposing the Palmer name would hurt more than any death. Believe me, it’ll destroy

isn’t just about embezzlement. It shows fraud against Palmer Group, drug trafficking, organ trafficking, arms dealing… every filthy crime you can imagine.

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believed. The real

his legacy to Lawrence

the Bartzs, she protected the last survivor–Marcus. She thought she’d destroyed all evidence of her guilt, but your brother found it easily. Catherine felt responsible for what her father had done but couldn’t act against it, especially after your grandfather left with Electra Levett.

years, I believed Frank Levett would hunt them down,

“Why not?”

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