Oliver's POV
"One night, after we filed the case, we were celebrating in a parking lot. Then armed men attacked us. Avner moved first—God, he was fast. A shootout broke out. He shielded me… he took the bullet meant for me."
My breath caught.
"I shot back," Benjamin said hoarsely. "I didn't even realize until later that the man I hit was Marco Gambino; it was me who killed him, not Declan, unlike what the report says."
His tears fell freely now.
"Everything happened so fast. And then Declan, your father—he was hit too."
The room spun around me. I gripped the sheets, trying to breathe past the pressure building in my chest.
"I tried," Benjamin whispered. "I tried to save them both. I dragged them to my car, drove like a madman to the hospital. But Avner… he didn't make it. Declan… lived for a few hours before passing in the ICU."
