Victor sighed slowly.
"You're all acting dramatic."
But his calm voice didn't fool anyone.
"You pushed this," Daniel said.
Victor shrugged.
"You were easy to convince."
Daniel looked furious.
"You ruined my life."
Victor laughed quietly.
"No. Your greed did that."
The tension in the room thickened.
Nora looked confused.
"You never told me about him."
Victor turned to her.
"That's because you were never the main player."
Her face darkened.
"So what was I?"
Victor smiled coldly.
"A useful mistake."
The insult hung in the air.
Then I asked the question everyone was thinking.
"Why?"
Victor looked straight at me.
And his eyes held years of anger.
"Because your father destroyed my family."
The room fell silent again.
And suddenly this story stretched further back than any of us realized.