CHAPTER 13 — THE ENEMY INSIDE THE CASTILLO FAMILY
THE MAID WHO WAS REALLY HIS WIFE
CHAPTER 13 — THE ENEMY INSIDE THE CASTILLO FAMILY
The most dangerous enemies were never the ones standing outside the gates.
They were the ones who already had keys.
They knew the security codes.
They knew the family secrets.
They knew exactly where to hurt you.
For Alejandro Castillo, the greatest betrayal was not discovering that his enemies wanted his empire.
It was discovering that the enemy had been sitting at his family table for years.
"Your father's orders."
Daniel's words remained hanging in the air.
Heavy.
Impossible.
The abandoned estate became completely silent.
Even the rain outside seemed to stop.
Alejandro stared at his younger brother.
The same brother he once protected.
The same brother he believed was careless but loyal.
The same brother who had stood beside him at their father's funeral.
"Say that again."
Alejandro's voice was dangerously calm.
Daniel did not look away.
That was the most frightening part.
He was not afraid.
"Father knew everything."
Daniel stepped further into the room.
"He knew about the inheritance."
"He knew about the heir."
"And he knew that you were too emotional to protect the family."
Elena tightened her arms around Lucas.
Her son.
The child everyone had fought over.
"You are lying."
She whispered.
Daniel looked at her.
"Am I?"
Alejandro's expression darkened.
"Why would my father want his own grandson hidden?"
Daniel smiled sadly.
"Because he never wanted you to have the empire."
The words hit harder than expected.
For years, Alejandro believed his father chose him.
Trusted him.
Prepared him.
But Daniel was saying something different.
That his father had never seen him as an heir.
Only a temporary guardian.
"You're saying my father planned all of this?"
Alejandro asked.
Daniel nodded.
"Not everything."
A pause.
"But enough."
Clara stepped forward.
"He's lying."
Everyone looked at her.
The nurse's face was pale.
"I knew your father."
She looked at Alejandro.
"He saved my career when I was young."
"He would never order someone to take a child."
Daniel laughed.
"You only knew the public version of Victor Castillo."
"The man who donated to hospitals."
"The man who helped charities."
"You didn't know the man behind closed doors."
Alejandro said nothing.
Because a terrible thought had appeared.
What if Daniel was not lying about everything?
What if his father had secrets too?
Back at the Castillo mansion, Marcus investigated every document connected to Victor Castillo.
Old contracts.
Private letters.
Hidden accounts.
And finally...
A sealed video file.
Recorded six years earlier.
Before Victor's death.
Marcus brought the laptop into the room.
Alejandro stared at the screen.
"I don't know if I want to see this."
Elena held his hand.
"Whatever it is..."
She looked at Lucas.
"We face it together."
The video began.
Victor Castillo appeared.
Older.
Tired.
Not the powerful businessman everyone knew.
A father.
"If you are watching this..."
Victor said.
"Then something has gone wrong."
Alejandro froze.
Because his father was speaking directly to him.
"I spent my life building an empire."
"But I made one mistake."
"I believed power could protect my family."
A pause.
"It cannot."
Victor looked directly into the camera.
"Someone close to me has betrayed this family."
Alejandro's eyes narrowed.
"I don't know who yet."
"But I know why."
"The inheritance."
The video continued.
"The Castillo Legacy was never meant to reward greed."
"It was created to protect future generations."
"The heir does not inherit because of money."
"The heir inherits because of responsibility."
Then Victor said something that changed everything.
"I changed the inheritance rules before my death."
Alejandro leaned closer.
"The empire will not pass to the person with the most power."
"It will pass to the person who proves they can protect the family."
The video ended.
Nobody spoke.
Because suddenly the conspiracy looked different.
Antonio.
Daniel.
Vivian.
They weren't fighting for money alone.
They were fighting because they knew the inheritance had changed.
They needed Lucas.
They needed the child alive.
And they needed Alejandro discredited.
A message arrived on Marcus's phone.
His face changed.
"What?"
Alejandro asked.
Marcus hesitated.
"The police found Antonio."
Everyone turned.
"Where?"
Marcus looked at the screen.
"In a private clinic."
Alejandro already knew.
"The same clinic."
Marcus nodded.
"And he wasn't alone."
They arrived thirty minutes later.
The clinic had been abandoned.
But inside, they found evidence.
Medical records.
Security footage.
Names.
Dates.
Everything they needed.
Except Antonio.
He had escaped.
But he left something behind.
A handwritten journal.
Alejandro opened it carefully.
The first page contained one sentence.
The Castillo family was never meant to survive.
The entries revealed years of secrets.
Victor's enemies.
Family conflicts.
Antonio's obsession with control.
Daniel's resentment.
Vivian's manipulation.
But one entry stopped Alejandro completely.
The real threat is not Antonio.
Antonio is only following someone else.
Alejandro looked at Elena.
Another name appeared.
Someone they had never suspected.
Someone who had been helping them.
Someone who knew every move they made.
Marcus.
The room became silent.
Alejandro slowly looked at his closest security chief.
"Explain."
Marcus did not move.
For several seconds, nobody breathed.
Then Marcus whispered:
"I was hoping you would never find that."
Elena stepped back.
The man who protected them.
The man who searched for her.
The man who helped uncover the truth.
Could he have been part of it?
Alejandro's voice was cold.
"How long?"
Marcus closed his eyes.
"Since before Elena disappeared."
The betrayal was complete.
The enemy was not outside the Castillo family.
The enemy was inside it.
But then Marcus looked at Lucas.
And said something nobody expected.
"I wasn't trying to destroy your family."
A pause.
"I was trying to protect it."
Alejandro stared.
"Then why hide the truth?"
Marcus looked toward the old files.
"Because your father asked me to."
Silence.
Another impossible truth.
Another secret.
Another betrayal.
And Alejandro finally understood.
The Castillo family had been fighting a war for years.
But nobody had been telling him the whole story.
Not his father.
Not his brother.
Not even the people who claimed to protect him.
Then Marcus placed one final document on the table.
A DNA report.
Alejandro looked at the result.
His blood turned cold.
Because the test was not about Lucas.
It was about him.
And the result revealed the final secret Victor Castillo had taken to his grave.
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Alejandro Castillo was not Victor Castillo's biological son.
END OF CHAPTER 13
