The Almighty Dominance

Sophia's brow knitted tightly, the haze lifting from her mind as clarity pierced through her confusion.

Her gaze sharpened, landing accusingly on Jack.

"You told me Alex shattered your hands and feet," she snapped, eyes burning like smoldering embers.

"Now you're saying The Thugs hit you? What's the truth, Jack?"

Florence sprang up, her voice shrill with urgency. "Sophia, it was Alex who attacked Jack first, then hired thugs to finish the job! Can't you see the truth?" "That's right!" Jack growled, desperation sharpening the edge of his voice. "Sophia, how can you doubt your own family-your mother and brother-for a nobody like Alex? He nearly killed us!"

Disgusted, Sophia spun on her heels, storming from the room, fury and doubt wrestling within her.

She moved swiftly to find Barco, her mother's trusted driver, but the moment their eyes met, Barco visibly paled, his feet scrambling to escape.

"Stop right there!" Sophia commanded, her voice a cold blade slicing through the air.

"I'm the head of Lancaster now. Take one more step and you're finished!"

Frozen in place, Barco reluctantly turned, sweat pooling on his forehead as he bowed stiffly.

"Miss Sophia," he stammered, avoiding her piercing stare.

"Why were you running?" Sophia's voice was dangerously soft, a quiet storm brewing beneath.

"I—I remembered an urgent errand," Barco muttered weakly, eyes pinned firmly to the ground.

"Enough lies," Sophia warned icily. "Tell me exactly what happened to my mother and Jack."

Barco's throat tightened visibly, his nerves fraying at the edges. He hesitated, struggling under the weight of the truth he had been warned never to reveal.

Finally, he croaked, "I can't say it outright. But there's a dashcam in the car—it recorded everything. See it yourself. Just please, don't tell your mother I gave it to you. Say you found it yourself."

"Fine," Sophia snapped impatiently. "Give it to me now."

Barco fumbled with shaking fingers, quickly transmitting the footage through his smartwatch.

Sophia received it, her pulse accelerating as she pressed play, a dark dread seizing her heart.

The video flickered to life, revealing Jack and Florence perfectly unharmed as they exited Alex's clinic.

But their expressions twisted into venomous rage as they confronted the hired thugs. Faint, angry voices rose from the footage.

"You worthless idiots!" Jack snarled viciously. "I paid you to take Alex down, and you couldn't even touch him! I'm not paying losers like you!"

"You better cough up the cash!" a thug spat back menacingly.

our fault your target was tougher than you thought. Pay us as

you want money, go back to

your fault useless bastard!"

bastard! How dare you refuse to pay after all we did? Guys, teach them a lesson!" the thug shouted,

retaliation unfolded on camera-blows landing, curses erupting, chaos

painfully

of betrayal surged, choking her

entire life she'd trusted them, believing the

sacrosanct, their

indisputably, they

they had manipulated her, twisted her anger toward Alex,

Sophia stormed back to confront

glaring fiercely at Florence and

quivered, raw and sharp with betrayal. "What

with feigned innocence. "What are you talking

her voice cracking under the

who beat you! Why frame Alex?

face twisted, venom dripping

He hit the thugs. When they couldn't handle him, they turned on us. All of this is because of him!"

her voice trembling but

you didn't want to pay the thugs you hired, so

Jack fell silent.

her voice cracked with disbelief. "Why are you two so hell-bent on

little snake owes us respect he owes us everything!" Florence thundered, her mask finally slipping,

shook her head slowly, grief twisting

trembling with rage and

don't you dare accuse us!" Florence shot

play by our rules, shouldn't we have taught him a lesson? Who the hell

twisted in disgust. "You're unbelievable. Both

but this malicious

this war, yet she spun the story

thrust her chin

"Fine, maybe

fool isn't innocent either! If he hadn't set Clara up, do you think

her eyes drilling

can have the truth dragged out of them myself. Did Alex really frame you and send

hesitated, the lie

eyes,

I swear I'll drag every ugly truth into