He turned toward Chloe.
“Tell me she’s lying.”
Chloe started crying.
“Marcus, I panicked.”
His face changed.
“You panicked?”
“I was trying to fix everything.”
Daniela closed her eyes.
Marcus stepped away from Chloe.
“You injured someone, left the scene, and stole from a medical charity to hide it?”
“It got out of control!”
Silence.
Arthur repeated the words slowly.
“It got out of control?”
Chloe realized what she had just admitted.
Too late.
Mom rushed to her.
“She’s young. She made a mistake.”
Arthur’s lawyer was already on the phone.
My father grabbed my arm and pulled me aside.
“Stop this.”
“I can’t.”
“You can.”
His voice dropped.
“Give Arthur the million dollars. We can still repair this.”
I stared at him.
Even now.
Even after everything.
He still thought the answer was money.
“Daniela may spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair.”
