“Damián! You’re committing a crime!” she shouted at the top of her lungs. “These are Mr. Montenegro’s legitimate heirs! You planned to kill them to steal the estate!”
She made sure every word was captured.
Damián froze.
He realized too late that he had made a fatal mistake—he had revealed everything.
“Shut up!” he snarled. “The old man signed papers saying the children were under special care abroad! No one will believe you! You’re a thief trying to blackmail a man of the law!”
As he advanced again, Camila screamed one last time, her voice stronger than she ever knew it could be:
“The will is hidden—and the trunk key is new! The police will know you locked them in!”
At that exact moment, the front doors of the mansion thundered with an authoritative knock.
Seconds later, voices rang out:
“Police! Open the door immediately!”
Camila had taken a risk. Before entering the mansion that morning, she had sent a cryptic message to her sister, telling her to call the police if Camila didn’t respond within ten minutes—saying she had “discovered inheritance fraud at the Montenegro Mansion.”
The plan worked.