Millionaire Sees Twin Girls standing beside His Son’s Grave, Their Secret Leaves Him Speechless
Chapter 6
Daniel didn’t sleep that night.
By sunrise, he had reached one conclusion.
Someone inside Mercer Holdings knew the twins were alive.
Someone had already been watching the cemetery.
Someone had likely known about Ethan’s investigation.
And someone might know Daniel had discovered the storage unit.
He moved Nora and Elise to a different location without telling even his security team where.
Only Marcus knew.
Daniel then summoned the company’s chief legal officer, Victor Lang.
Victor had worked with the Mercer family for eighteen years.
He was calm, polished, and almost impossible to intimidate.
Daniel placed several documents on the desk.
“Do you know Northstar Relief Foundation?”
Victor looked at them.
“Yes.”
“Who controlled it?”
“Your father.”
“And after he died?”
Victor hesitated.
“The foundation was dissolved.”
“That’s not what I asked.”
Victor’s expression changed.
“Daniel, why are you digging into this?”
“Because my son was investigating it before he died.”
Victor leaned back.
“Ethan was young.”
“He was twenty-four.”
“Exactly.”
Daniel stared at him.
“My wife left me evidence.”
Victor’s face went pale.
Only for a second.
But Daniel noticed.
“What did Margaret know?”
Victor stood.
“Your wife knew many things.”
“Did she know about Claire Bell?”
No answer.
“Did you know Claire?”
Victor slowly removed his glasses.
“Yes.”
“Where is she?”
“I don’t know.”
“Where are her daughters?”
Victor looked directly at Daniel.
That was enough.
Daniel’s heart sank.
“You know.”
Victor’s silence confirmed it.
“How long have you known about Nora and Elise?”
“Since before Ethan died.”
Daniel stepped closer.
“Who else knows?”
Victor’s voice became quiet.
“Daniel, you don’t understand what you’re dealing with.”
“Then explain it.”
“I can’t.”
“Can’t or won’t?”
Victor looked toward the office door.
Then he whispered, “Your father wasn’t the mastermind.”
Daniel froze.
“Who was?”
Victor swallowed.
“Someone who still has access to this building.”
A noise came from the hallway.
Victor stopped speaking.
Daniel turned.
The door opened.
Marcus entered.
“We have a problem.”
“What?”
“Someone accessed your private office last night.”
Daniel’s eyes narrowed.
“Who?”
“We’re checking the cameras.”
Marcus showed him footage.
A figure entered Daniel’s office at 2:14 a.m.
The person wore a hood and gloves.
But when the figure turned toward the camera, Daniel saw enough.
The person wasn’t a stranger.
It was someone he knew.
Someone he had trusted for years.
Daniel stared at the screen.
“That’s impossible.”
Marcus looked at him.
“Who is it?”
Daniel didn’t answer.
The figure had stopped at the desk.
Then, before leaving, they looked directly into the camera.
Almost as if they knew Daniel would watch the footage.
Daniel finally spoke.
“It’s my brother.”
Chapter 7
Daniel had not spoken to his younger brother, Adrian, in six months.
They had never been close.
Adrian had always been charming where Daniel was rigid, impulsive where Daniel was cautious.
But he was still family.
Daniel couldn’t accept that Adrian had broken into his office.
“Bring him in,” Daniel ordered.
Marcus shook his head.
“He left the city.”
“When?”
“Three hours ago.”
Daniel stared at the security footage.
“What was he looking for?”
“We don’t know.”
Daniel thought of the twins.
Then of Claire.
Then Ethan.
He suddenly realized the pattern.
Every person connected to the secret had disappeared.
Claire.
Ethan.
Now Adrian.
But why?
That afternoon, Daniel received an anonymous message.
Stop looking for the past.
A second message followed.
The girls are safer if you don’t know the truth.
Daniel’s blood ran cold.
He immediately called Marcus.
“Move the girls.”
“They’re already secure.”
“Move them again.”
Twenty minutes later, Marcus called back.
“They’re gone.”
Daniel felt the world tilt.
“What?”
“The safe house was breached.”
“Where are Nora and Elise?”
“We don’t know.”
Daniel ran through every possibility.
Then his phone rang.
Unknown number.
He answered.
“Daniel Mercer.”
A man’s voice said, “Your son made the same mistake.”
“Who are you?”
“Someone trying to keep you alive.”
“Where are the girls?”
A pause.
“Safe.”
“Let me speak to them.”
“No.”
“If you hurt them—”
“I won’t.”
The caller continued.
“You need to understand something. Ethan discovered that the girls were not merely witnesses.”
Daniel’s jaw tightened.
“What are they?”
“They are heirs.”
Daniel went silent.
“To what?”
“The Mercer family trust.”
That made no sense.
“My father died years before they were born.”
“Not that trust.”
The caller hung up.
Daniel stared at the phone.
Then he remembered the adoption records.
The children connected to Northstar.
The hidden money.
The trusts.
Could Nora and Elise have been beneficiaries of something created years ago?
Marcus returned with another document.
“We found this in the storage unit.”
Daniel opened it.
It was a legal amendment dated six months before Ethan died.
The document transferred control of an old family trust to two unnamed beneficiaries.
Their birth dates matched the twins.
Daniel stared at the names.
Nora Bell. Elise Bell.
His hands went numb.
“Why would my father leave them anything?”
Marcus shook his head.
“We don’t know.”
Daniel read the final clause.
It contained a handwritten note.
If these girls ever come forward, the Mercer fortune must be used to expose the truth.
Daniel looked up.
“The fortune?”
Marcus nodded.
“Apparently, this wasn’t about protecting money.”
“What was it about?”
Marcus pointed to the final page.
“The trust contains records.”
“What records?”
“Every transaction from Northstar.”
Daniel understood.
The twins weren’t valuable because of money.
They were valuable because they were the key to proving what had happened.
Then Daniel’s phone rang again.
This time, it was Adrian.
“Daniel,” his brother whispered.
“Where are the girls?”
“With me.”
“Are they safe?”
“Yes.”
“Why did you take them?”
Adrian’s voice cracked.
“Because I was the one Ethan trusted.”
Daniel froze.
“Then why did you betray him?”
A long silence.
“I didn’t.”
