Chapter 116

~Alpha Maverick~ The morning light streamed through the curtains, causing me to squint my eyes. Sleep had been restless, riddled with fragmented thoughts that refused to settle. All night, I had been haunted. By the wails of a child, and the eyes of Jasmine. The cries were different. This one was raw, desperate. Then suddenly, everything went dead silent. The shift from chaos to nothingness had jolted me awake more than once, leaving me with a strange, unsettled feeling in my chest. Damn it. Before I could reach for my phone, it buzzed on the nightstand. Kazeem. I grabbed it and answered. “What is it?” “You need to see this,” Kazeem said, his voice unusually serious. “I just sent it to your email.” I frowned. “What am I looking at?” Kazeem sighed. “A contract. And receipts tied to your father. Specifically, debts paid off to Nazy.” I didn’t waste another second. I grabbed my laptop and pulled up the email. A file was attached, marked urgent. I clicked it open. The first page was a docu