Chapter 4 - THE BLUE DOORRoom 317 had been empty for three years.
Vincent drove there with Dominic and Grace.
Inside the hotel room, everything looked ordinary.
Until Emily noticed something behind the wardrobe.
A blue-painted door.
Vincent opened it.
Inside was a hidden room.
Photographs covered the walls.
Sofia.
Vincent.
Bellamy.
Isabella.
Dominic.
And dozens of photographs of Vincent's business empire.
But one photograph stopped Vincent cold.
It showed Isabella entering a hospital.
Holding a newborn baby.
Vincent stared at it.
“That was Sofia's baby.”
Dominic shook his head.
“No.”
He pointed at the photograph.
“Look at the date.”
Vincent checked.
The date was six months before Sofia disappeared.
The baby couldn't be Sofia's.
Then Emily found another photograph.
A woman stood beside Isabella.
Her face was partially hidden.
But Emily recognized the necklace.
Two silver leaves.
The same necklace Isabella was wearing.
Emily whispered:
“That woman isn't Isabella.”
Vincent stared at her.
“What?”
Emily pointed at the photograph.
“That's Mrs. Moretti.”
Vincent's heart stopped.
The woman in the photograph was Sofia.
But Sofia was wearing Isabella's necklace.
Meaning Isabella hadn't stolen Sofia's necklace.
Sofia had given it to her.
Why?
Then Vincent found a hidden video drive.
He played it.
Sofia appeared on the screen.
Older.
Exhausted.
Alive.
She looked directly into the camera.
“Vince, if you're watching this, something has happened.”
She paused.
“And there is something you need to know.”
The video suddenly cut.
A second file appeared automatically.
The filename was:
ISABELLA ROMANO — REAL IDENTITY
Vincent opened it.
And saw a photograph of Isabella.
But beneath her picture was another name.
Isabella Moretti.
Vincent's face went blank.
His fiancée wasn't Isabella Romano.
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She was a Moretti.
His own family.
