Victoria couldn’t move.
The broken glass cut into her palm, but she barely felt it.
Because the woman standing near the entrance was Elena.
Her dead sister.
The same sister whose funeral Victoria had attended ten years ago.
The same sister whose husband Victoria eventually married.
“Elena…” Victoria whispered.
The restaurant noise faded into silence.
Elena slowly walked closer, her heels clicking against the marble floor.
The little girl ran to her side instantly.
“Mommy!”
Victoria felt sick.
“No…” she breathed. “This isn’t possible.”
Elena smiled coldly.
“You look surprised.”
“You died.”
“That’s the story your husband told everyone.”
Victoria’s blood turned cold.
Across the rooftop, her husband Daniel suddenly appeared from the elevator.
And the moment he saw Elena—
He went pale.
Like he’d seen a ghost.
Elena looked directly at him.
“Miss me?”
Daniel grabbed Victoria’s arm hard enough to hurt.
“We need to leave. Right now.”
Victoria pulled away.
“You told me she was dead.”
Daniel’s jaw tightened.
“She was supposed to be.”
The words hit harder than a slap.
Victoria stared at him in horror.
Elena laughed bitterly.
“Finally figured it out?”
The little girl looked up innocently.
“Mommy, is he the bad man?”
Daniel snapped.
“Stop talking!”
Several guests turned toward the screaming now.
Victoria stepped backward slowly.
“What did you do, Daniel?”
His face darkened.
“Elena took something that belonged to me.”
Elena’s eyes filled with tears.
“No,” she whispered. “I escaped you.”
Victoria’s stomach dropped.
Suddenly, the little girl reached into her sweater pocket…
…and pulled out a small silver key.
Elena’s expression changed instantly.
“Lily,” she said sharply. “Where did you get that?”
The girl looked terrified.
“He said if anything happened tonight, I should give it to Victoria.”
Daniel lunged for the key.
Victoria grabbed it first.
And engraved on the metal were four chilling words:
LOCKER 214 — DNA FILES
Daniel’s face lost all color.
Victoria looked between them in horror.
Then Elena whispered:
“Open it… and you’ll discover who Lily’s real father is.”
