Exposed to the CEO Behind the Mafia Mask novel Chapter 518

518 Chapter 114 Buried Secrets Surface

518 Chapter 114 Buried Secrets Surface

Gideon’s POV 1

The covert investigation Daniel had assigned me sent adrenaline coursing through my system. Everything about this case reeked of organized coverup, yet had been conveniently buried as unfortunate coincidence by local authorities clearly in someone’s pocket.

I reached the rural township early Saturday morning, methodically cruising through streets to map the terrain. This was a compact community surrounded by sprawling agricultural estates stretching beyond the horizon. The logistics of providing discreet medical services to scattered properties would be complex, but the estate where the woman had allegedly died during childbirth sat just a short drive from town via a private access road maintained by family money.

After my reconnaissance drive, I circled back to the commercial district for deeper surveillance. I wandered the town square, grabbed lunch at a family-owned diner, and engaged elderly locals in casual conversation. Posing as someone scouting investment opportunities in the area, I hoped to extract useful intelligence, but nobody volunteered anything substantial. The town possessed an unsettling stillness, as though dangerous secrets lay buried beneath its wholesome veneer.

My next target was the private medical practice serving the area’s elite families. A young woman staffed the reception desk. She wasn’t my primary objective, but could potentially guide me to the right contact. I approached without revealing my law enforcement connections-this investigation demanded absolute discretion.

“Excuse me, miss. I need to locate a nurse who works here-the veteran one. What’s her name again?” I feigned temporary memory lapse,

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confident the receptionist would supply the missing information.

“Oh, that would be Sonia,” she responded with an eager smile, leaning forward conspiratorially. “I swear she’s been here since they founded this place.”

I thanked her for refreshing my “memory” and she offered an

understandi

“A busine she wo that

CO

nod.

ociate asked me to discuss locating someone with her. Is oday?” I maintained friendly professionalism, recognizing munity this insular, my presence would become dinner on within hours.

shift today, but you could visit her residence. It’s quite close.” eptionist proved surprisingly accommodating, providing detailed ons to Sonia’s address and mentioning she lived independently.

house was indeed nearby-a well-maintained cottage with decorative ework and cultivated flower beds framing the entrance. I announced yself at the gate, and shortly a sharp-eyed woman appeared at the indow before inviting me inside.

Sonia?” She confirmed with a cautious nod. “I’m Gideon. A colleague directed me to find someone, and he suspects you might know their current location.”

“Come in,” she instructed, motioning toward her sofa while claiming the armchair across from me. “Who exactly are you seeking?”

“A nurse whe

remote e

“That

W

with you years ago. She provided services to

terrupted with obvious disgust. “Why

at corrupt woman?”

s,” I answered evasively, unwilling to

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expose my true mission.

“She systematically extorted money from vulnerable families, convincing them the doctor wouldn’t make house calls but she would provide equivalent care. She dispensed prescription medications without proper authorization. The doctor remained completely unaware-there are countless isolated estates and compounds around here that are difficult

to monitor.”

“Does she s

“No, she

“How

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locally?” I inquired.

ears ago when the doctor uncovered her operation.”

over it?”

an infant and the mother suffered massive hemorrhaging. rushed his wife and newborn to the medical facility. ly, the woman became hysterical, insisting she’d delivered one had been stolen.”

‘I pressed forward attentively.

etly. The husband swears only Aria entered the birthing room. She naged the delivery while he waited outside. Afterward, she informed m his wife required rest due to complications, collected payment, and departed. When he entered, there was one baby and his unconscious wife. Being inexperienced parents, he trusted Aria, but when he touched his wife, she was burning with fever and the bedding was saturated with blood. He contacted a neighbor with transportation, secured help, and

1. She had severe internal bleeding-the doctor

brought the

barely s

frant

e regained consciousness, she became

irse following that incident?”

cious cases too. But you understand how

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these situations unfold-the police claimed insufficient evidence, dismissed everything as tragic coincidence. That detective is compromised, only pursues investigations that benefit his handlers.”

“The same detective from that period still operates here?”

“Yes, identical one. But his wife controls everything-him, the station, all decisions. She’s constantly protecting Nathaniel’s youngest son from

etective’s wife maintains close ties with the boy’s

consequences

mother.”

“Nathani

“The

wh

rocessing magnate. Decent man, nearly lost his sanity fe died. But he rapidly married that vindictive woman candal-rumors circulated that Claire was his mistress, ultaneously with his wife. After his wife’s death, they wed, r daughter had already been born. Now Claire pretends to be ous figure, constantly at church, attempting to silence the he disturbing coincidence is that his first wife also died during rth-both mother and baby-on the exact same day the other an nearly bled to death at the clinic.”

pulse accelerated. Sonia was providing precisely the intelligence I equired.

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