The Man Behind the Accident
Chapter 04 - The Man Behind the Accident
Victor locked the library doors and ordered Nathan and Margaret to sit.
On the table, he placed a folder containing forged resignation papers, offshore account records, and a confession written in Nathan’s name. Victor planned to make it appear that Nathan had stolen company funds, poisoned his own wife, and fled after killing his mother.
Margaret stared at him in horror.
“You promised no one would die.”
Victor smiled. “I promised you would keep your lifestyle.”
Nathan kept his voice calm. The recording device beneath his jacket was still transmitting, but he did not know whether Detective Cole was close enough to hear.
Victor revealed that Elena’s car accident had not been random. He had paid a mechanic to damage the brakes, expecting Elena to die before the inheritance could pass to her child. When she survived, he created the poisoning plan.
Margaret began to cry.
For years, she had protected the company’s reputation at any cost. Victor had used that obsession against her, feeding her lies about Elena and convincing her that cruelty was necessary to save the family.
Nathan stood slowly.
“You didn’t protect this family,” he told his mother. “You made it easy for him to destroy us.”
Victor raised the gun.
At that moment, the mansion’s fire alarm erupted. Sprinklers burst from the ceiling, filling the room with water and confusion. Rosa had returned through the servants’ entrance and triggered the emergency system after seeing Victor’s car.
Nathan tackled Victor. The gun slid across the floor.
Margaret reached it first.
Victor froze, expecting her to protect him again.
Instead, she aimed the weapon away and kicked it toward Nathan.
Police broke through the library doors seconds later. Detective Cole arrested Victor and recovered the evidence connecting him to the brake sabotage, stolen medication, erased security footage, and millions of dollars hidden overseas.
Margaret was arrested as well. Before officers led her away, she asked Nathan whether Elena and the baby were alive.
“They are,” he said.
Margaret closed her eyes with relief, but Nathan’s expression remained cold.
“That does not erase what you did.”
At the hospital, Elena suddenly went into premature labor. The poison and emotional stress had triggered dangerous contractions. Doctors rushed her into surgery as the baby’s heartbeat began to fall.
Nathan arrived just as the operating room doors closed.
For the second time that day, he was helpless.
Hours later, a doctor finally approached him.
May you like
Elena had survived.
But the doctor’s expression made Nathan afraid to ask about their child.
