Chapter 2: The Woman Everyone Ignored
Chapter 2: The Woman Everyone Ignored
The hallway fell silent.
The cleaner stared at Danny with frightened eyes, clutching the worn mop handle as though it were the only thing keeping her standing.
"I... I'm sorry if I disturbed the guests," she whispered.
Danny barely heard her.
"What was your son's full name?"
She hesitated.
Then answered with tears already filling her eyes.
"Danny Michael Crawford."
His knees nearly gave way.
Only three people had ever known his middle name.
His father.
His mother.
And himself.
Behind them, the gala continued.
Laughter.
Music.
Champagne.
No one realized that the richest man in the room had stopped breathing.
"What was your name?" Danny asked.
She lowered her head.
"Margaret."
The name hit him like lightning.
His mother's name.
The one he had not spoken aloud since childhood.
Across the hallway, Danny noticed someone turning away far too quickly.
Richard Langford.
His father's oldest business partner.
The man who had helped raise him after his mother's "disappearance."
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For the first time all evening...
Richard looked afraid.
