When Tomorrow Ends (17 page)

‘I decide if I live or die, no one else and I will bring down my brother who thinks he’s going to take every dime of my Father’s hard earned fortune.’ She hit send. She wasn’t about to go out like this, not until she saved her Father’s company.

‘I understand. We need to talk.’

‘We are talking.’

‘Not like this, in person.’

‘Why, so you can get rid of me? Tony hauled my Father off to the Alzheimers unit before he could give me the so called document my brother is searching for. Father didn’t even trust his own lawyer and now we know why. They worked for Tony all along.’

‘We shouldn’t talk like this via text.’

She sighed. He was right. ‘I need some time, to think. Don’t come after me, all right?’

‘You don’t have much time. It’s been a year and a half since he declared you missing. Tony is ready to obtain a court order to issue a death certificate. His lawyers will make it happen. Once they make a declaration on the balance of probabilities, everything will be under his control. He’s been searching for you all this time. He wants to make sure you don’t pop up later.’

‘Why are you telling me this? I don’t trust a word you say.’

‘You don’t have to trust me. He doesn’t know where you are. I am the only one who does. At least for now. You need me, you have to trust someone.’

‘I was there when he hired you, remember? You hired on knowing you would take care of his dirty business. I heard it all.’

‘Things are not what they seem. You have to trust me.’

‘I can’t trust you or anyone else. How do you think I’ve stayed alive all this time, on my own? I have no one I can trust.’ Annie let a single tear fall. Seeing those words on a computer screen made it all too real. She was alone in a world of dirty dealings, family greed and all she could do was save herself.

‘I can help you get to your Father.’

The phone fell to the ground. It was the only thing she ever wanted, to see her Father again.

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