Months earlier, Noah had wanted to believe Victoria would be good for them. After his mother passed away, it had been just him and his dad. When Lucas first introduced Victoria, she seemed kind.
But that kindness disappeared whenever Lucas wasn’t around.
Cold looks. Sharp words. Cruel smiles that vanished the moment footsteps approached.
One night, while Lucas worked late, Victoria grabbed Noah’s arm hard enough to leave marks after he spilled juice on the carpet.
“If you tell your father,” she hissed, “you’ll regret it.”
Noah never forgot that moment.
Then came the night everything changed.
Unable to sleep, Noah crept down the hallway and overheard Victoria whispering angrily into her phone.
“Two weeks after the wedding,” she said.
“The insurance policy is solid. One accident—and we’re set.”
The man on the other end was Aaron.
Noah didn’t understand everything. But he understood enough.
His father was in danger.
Days later, while Victoria was out, Noah opened her laptop. What he found made his blood run cold:
Life insurance documents.
A multi-million-dollar payout.
Photos of Victoria with another man—Aaron—clearly not just a wedding planner.
She was planning to kill his dad.