“Nothing. I made sure of it.”
I search his face, but find nothing there.
“Piper, your father and Frederick were involved in something worse than either of us realised.”
“What do you mean?”
His expression hardens.
“They committed a war crime. One that cost thousands of innocent people their lives.”
I gasp.
“I made sure his death would be ruled a suicide.
He wrote the note himself. Apparently, the guilt finally got to him. He could no longer live with the blood on his hands.”
His voice remains disturbingly calm.
“He also signed the divorce papers. And you’ll sign them too. You’ll be officially divorced.”
The corner of his mouth twitches.
“Mine.”
I shake my head. “That means my father...”
“Yes.”
Hunter doesn’t soften the answer.
“He’ll answer for what he did. As he should have from the beginning instead of manipulating you into paying for his mistakes.”
“He didn’t—”
The words die in my throat as the memory of that day comes flooding back.
Chapter 50
Piper
August
“I’m ruined.” Father paces the length of his office. “I’m finished. My career. My life. Everything.”
“Father?” I ask quietly. “What’s going on?”
“Someone.” He drags a hand through his hair. “Some bastard is blaming me for something I didn’t do and threatening to have me killed if I don’t comply with his demands.”
He looks at me expectantly.
“What demands?”
“You.”
My stomach drops.
“Father...”
