Malik’s Father
Chapter 10 - Malik’s Father
Eleanor finally told the truth.
Daniel Carter was Aisha’s husband and Sterling Crown’s chief safety engineer.
He discovered Adrian ordered the prototype’s emergency systems weakened before investor demonstrations.
After Aisha vanished, Daniel searched for her.
Six months later, his car went off a mountain road.
Eleanor raised Malik after both parents were declared dead.
She believed Daniel’s crash was another murder.
Aisha’s live message meant she had learned something different.
The Obsidian archive contained a hidden driver profile labeled D.C.
Malik activated it.
Daniel’s recorded voice spoke from the dashboard.
“If Aisha reaches Northpoint, I will go underground before Sterling finds Malik.”
Daniel had survived his crash.
He staged his death with help from Julian Grant and began investigating Helix from inside its supply chain.
Julian admitted the truth.
Daniel had contacted him once a year through coded maintenance orders.
The most recent arrived two weeks earlier.
It referenced Meridian Nine and a part number corresponding to a submarine battery.
Victor was holding Aisha at an offshore research platform.
Daniel had infiltrated it.
The platform’s defenses would recognize the Obsidian car’s system signature.
The black Bugatti was not merely evidence.
It was a mobile key capable of disabling Helix’s entire control network.
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The car had never been designed for speed alone.
Aisha built it to bring people home.
