HE CAUGHT HIS MOTHER ATTACKING HIS WIFE… THEN DISCOVERED THE SECRET THAT DESTROYED EVERYTHING

Chapter 5: The Underworld Broker

Liam knew they couldn't run forever. To fight a monster like Evelyn, he had to step into the shadows. Leaving Chloe safely locked in the motel room with a burner phone and a loaded pistol he'd bought off the streets, Liam ventured into the city's underbelly.

He needed information, and there was only one man who knew the dirty secrets of the elite: Silas, an underground information broker who hated the Vance family as much as Liam currently did.

Liam found Silas in a dim, smoke-filled poker room behind a butcher shop. The broker looked up, raising an eyebrow at the sight of the former billionaire in soaked, cheap clothes.

"Well, well. The runaway prince," Silas mocked. "There's a hefty bounty on your head, Liam. Why shouldn't I just call your mother?"

"Because you know she won't pay you. She'll just have you killed for knowing too much," Liam countered, throwing his diamond-encrusted Rolex on the table. "I need to know where she sends things she wants to disappear. Specifically, a newborn baby. Six months ago."

Silas’s smirk faded. He picked up the watch, examining it in the low light. "Your mother is a ruthless woman, kid. She didn't just hide the baby. She brokered a deal. She sold the child to a wealthy, childless cartel boss in South America. An 'adoption' disguised as a charitable donation."

The room spun. Sold. His mother had sold his daughter to a cartel.

"When?" Liam demanded, grabbing Silas by the collar.

"The final transfer is happening tomorrow night," Silas choked out, pushing Liam away. "Private airstrip. Hangar 4. That's all I know!"

Liam turned to leave, but his burner phone vibrated. It was a text from Chloe.