Chapter 50

Dominic-

“I guess you aren’t dead after all.” Valerie sighed.

“Let her go!” I rocked the chair I was sitting in.

“Sorry, I can’t do that.” Valerie stood, releasing Hayden.

Hayden moved closer to me, wrapping her arms around my legs. My chest ached as I saw absolute fear on Hayden’s face. When I left this morning, I suspected it was a trap. The moment the plane landed, I received a text message from an unknown number, telling me to meet at a location if I wanted to learn more about my father’s death.

It hadn’t mattered at the time because I figured that as long as Hayden was safe, I could handle anything. When I arrived at the location, which had been an empty warehouse, I was knocked out and woke up where I am now. On the plus side, I learned more about my father’s death, which was directly tied to Lexus, as I suspected.

Valerie had brought a man who had been involved with the fire and told me he was the one who had lit the match. She had told me she would let me handle the man howeve