Rain lashed against the glass windows of the Figaro estate, mimicking the storm that now raged within its walls.
Robert Figaro Sr., once untouchable, sat inside a cold interrogation room at Port-au-Prince’s elite anti-corruption unit. The powerful patriarch, now stripped of his tailored suits and dignity, refused to speak. Detective Gaspard leaned across the table, sliding a manila envelope toward him.
“You should know, Robert,” Gaspard whispered, “this file didn’t come from us. Someone from your past wanted to finish what they started.”
Robert’s hands trembled. Inside the envelope were faded photographs—ones he hadn’t seen in decades. A child. A woman. A bloodied contract. All tied to an estate buried in the northern hills of Haiti. Secrets he thought he had buried long ago now clawed their way back to the surface.
The Journal Speaks
Back at the mansion, Régine clutched the leather-bound journal tighter. Her eyes scanned the pages Theodore Fillier had once begged Fernande to keep hidden.
What she found wasn’t just scandal—it was devastating.
Her mother Fernande had once been promised to another—Theodore’s older brother. But when he mysteriously disappeared during a “business trip” with Robert Figaro Sr., Fernande was married off within days. The journal suggested Robert had arranged more than just a marriage. He’d orchestrated a disappearance.
Tears blurred Régine’s vision. Her mother was not the victim she’d imagined—nor the heroine. She was a woman cornered, silenced, and yet complicit.
Régine made one decision that would change everything.
Theodore’s Dilemma
Dr. Theodore Fillier paced his clinic in Pétion-Ville. Word of Robert’s arrest had spread like wildfire, and with it, whispers of his own involvement resurfaced. His love for Fernande had never faded, but now he felt something he never expected: regret.
That night, Régine met Theodore under the guise of a confidential meeting. But what unfolded was not a casual encounter.
She threw the journal on the table.
“You were supposed to protect her. You loved her. But you let him win,” she said with fire in her voice.
Theodore’s face paled. “I was young… I didn’t have the power then.”
“You do now,” she shot back. “Help me take him down. Not just my father… all of them.”
For the first time, Régine Figaro was no longer just the youngest daughter. She was becoming the storm.
Marie-Elizabeth’s Breaking Point
Marie-Elizabeth, tightly wound in the silk threads of her father’s political aspirations, discovered she had been under surveillance by her fiancé’s private firm for over a year—paid for by Robert Sr.
The betrayal shattered her. In a single night, she ended her engagement, leaked private Figaro Foundation documents to a journalist, and sent a final warning text to her brother:
“We are all pawns in his empire. Time to flip the board.”
Robert Jr.: A Dangerous Alliance
Meanwhile, Robert Jr., hiding in a coastal villa near Jacmel, made an unthinkable alliance—with a former arms dealer who had once been blacklisted by the Figaro empire.
The deal? Immunity for Robert Jr. in exchange for names, offshore accounts, and a key. The same one that unlocked the mysterious vault beneath the estate.
The vault would change everything.
Final Scene: The Vault
Late at night, Régine returned to the estate. Alone.
With the journal in one hand and the mysterious key sent by her brother, she descended into the stone cellar beneath the main house.
The lock clicked.
As the door creaked open, Régine gasped.
Inside were stacks of sealed boxes, video tapes, and a metal cabinet labeled: “Fidelis Project – 1985”.
She barely had time to read the label before someone stepped behind her.
“You shouldn’t be here.”
Régine turned, frozen.
It was Fernande.
TO BE CONTINUED…
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