Her cry was torn apart by the wind, stifled in the open air. But at the precise moment her body plunged into the void, a chilling truth resonated in her mind with metallic clarity:
She was already prepared for that.
Because Valeria had suspected it for a long time. And in recent months, she had secretly taken certain precautions… precautions that no one – not even Santiago – could have imagined.
While Saptiago was supposed to be someone, a lot in love with everything that was going on, Valeria had already been the woman in love who wanted to play the game.
He had begun to observe.
Listen.
Remain silent.
The first sign appeared three months ago at his home in Polasco. One evening, while reviewing financial documents, he discovered a template that allowed unauthorized access to the trust structure protecting his fortune. It wasn’t an external attack, but rather credentials that could be used to obtain internal login information.
Santiago.
She said nothing.
Instead of confronting him, he discreetly called his trusted lawyer in Monterey and activated a clause his father had included years before: in the event of accidental death under suspicious circumstances, all assets would be automatically frozen and transferred to an irrevocable foundation until the conclusion of a judicial investigation.
Furthermore, he signed a sealed document before this notary in Mexico: if she were to die, Santiago would inherit her peso.
And then he did something else.
Something that would change both of their destinies.
As her body fell from the helicopter, the wind roared in her ears, and Valeria screamed in fear.
She screamed so that he would think she was scared.
Beneath her light summer dress, she carried an ultralight harpsichord, almost invisible under the fabric, connected to a compact automatic deployment system attached to her back. It wasn’t a conventional parachute; it was a backup device designed for short-distance flights over water.
She had taken private lessons and kept it a secret.
I had rehearsed it mentally at that moment.
When he had fallen far enough away from the helicopter, he activated the mechanism.
In less than two seconds, the system deployed with controlled force, slowing its descent before its body impacted the Caribbean Sea.
Eпtró al agυa coп violeпcia, pero viva.
Aware.
Ready.
Up there, Santiago was watching.
At first, he smiled.
Then he frowned.
Everything was fine.
The fall had been too… controlled.
And then he saw it.
