Chapter 17 - THE CHOICE CHARLES HAD TO MAKECharles wanted to move Lily somewhere safer.
Anna refused.
“No.”
Charles stared at her.
“Someone is watching the house.”
“I know.”
“Then we have to leave.”
Anna shook her head.
“I spent eleven years running.”
She looked at Lily.
“I will not spend the rest of her life hiding.”
Charles understood.
For the first time, Anna was not asking him to rescue her.
She was asking him to stand beside her.
So they made a plan.
They would expose everything publicly.
The financial records.
The recordings.
The names.
The foundation's stolen money.
The truth about Anna.
And the threats against Lily.
Charles arranged a press conference.
Every major news network wanted to attend.
The world had heard rumors about the billionaire's mysterious granddaughter.
Now they would hear the truth.
But just before the press conference began, Anna received a message.
It contained a photograph.
Lily walking into the school.
And one sentence:
IF YOU SPEAK, SHE PAYS THE PRICE.
Anna stared at the screen.
May you like
Then she deleted the message.
And walked onto the stage.
