My Stepbrother's Dirty Little Secret novel Chapter 741

Chapter 741

Sometimes, when a child slipped into cardiac arrest, he didn’t panic. He didn’t rush to help.

He just stood there…

Watching.

Watching the monitors scream.

Watching parents beg.

Watching the life leave another little body.

It wasn’t enough for Dr. Elias Crowe that his victims died. He wanted to witness every second of their suffering first.

Adriano stopped turning pages, “How many?”

“The courts proved almost three hundred,” I met his eyes, “The investigators believed the real number was much higher.”

Adriano let out a slow breath,.”They sentenced him?”

“Death row.”

“And?”

“He never died.”

His eyes lifted sharply.

I nodded, “The execution happened, the paperwork exists, the witnesses signed off, the prison closed the file but the man who walked into that execution chamber,” I pointed toward the photograph of Arthur

Vance, “…wasn’t Elias Crowe.”

Adriano stared, “You have proof?”

“Enough to convince me.”

I opened my laptop.

Several photographs filled the screen.. One showed Giovanni entering a courthouse decades ago on the day of the execution. Another showed financial transfers disappearing into shell companies that no longer existed. Another displayed altered medical licensing records.

Every trail…

Ended with Giovanni.

“The day Crowe was supposed to die,” I zoomed in, “Arthur Vance died instead, Crowe appeared using Arthur Vance’s identity working exclusively for Giovanni Toricelli.”

Adriano sat back slowly, rubbing a hand over his jaw, “Why would Giovanni go through all that trouble for a man like him?”

I held his gaze, “I don’t know, not yet. But men like Giovanni don’t risk everything to save monsters unless those monsters are useful. And right now… the list of reasons is a long one.”

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