Chapter 3 - THE WOMAN WEARING ELENA’S FACE.

The security recording showed a dark-haired woman in Elena’s blue swim outfit entering the control room.

Her face was hidden by wet hair, but her height, clothing, and estate badge matched Elena’s.

Victoria folded her arms.

“You wanted attention. Perhaps you planned a dramatic rescue and lost control.”

Adrian stepped toward her.

“She almost drowned.”

Victoria’s response was merciless.

“People from unstable backgrounds often manufacture emergencies when wealthy men begin losing interest.”

Elena stared at her.

“You mean women without family money are automatically believable as liars.”

One of the staff members, Rosa, lowered her eyes.

She had seen the impersonator leaving the control room but remained silent after Victoria threatened her husband’s medical insurance.

Elena looked at her.

“You watched me enter the pool.”

Rosa began crying.

“I thought the tether would release. I did not know about the cover.”

Fear explained her silence, but it did not erase the danger.

The second staff member recovered a discarded black wig from the laundry room.

Inside was a strand of blonde hair.

Victoria touched her own low bun instinctively.

Adrian noticed.

Then Rosa revealed something worse.

The impersonator had practiced Elena’s walk for two weeks using footage from the estate cameras.

The training files were stored in Arthur’s hidden office.

Adrian forced open the balcony study.

Inside were monitors, medical supplies, and dozens of videos of Elena.

One screen displayed a live feed from the pool.

Another showed a legal document titled:

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THEY TOLD THE MOTHER TO STAY OUTSIDE.

THEY COVERED THE CAMERA WITH THE FLAG.

SHE DRAGGED MY SON ACROSS THE FLOOR.

“ELENA MORALES—VOLUNTARY CONFESSION.”

Her signature had already been placed at the bottom.