Chapter 12: The Canary Sings
Chapter 12: The Canary Sings
While we dismantled Nathan's financial lifeline, the federal prosecutor was working on Celeste. Facing twenty years as an accessory to torture and financial fraud, her icy demeanor had completely melted. She was a coward, and cowards always talk.
She requested a secure meeting with the feds, offering to trade the biggest secret Nathan had kept.
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"Nathan didn't build Ashford Global alone," Celeste wept in the interrogation room, the footage streamed directly to my tablet. "He was a front. A money launderer for the Volkov Cartel. If he goes to trial, he’s going to expose them. They aren't trying to help him escape..."
Her words sent a chill down my spine. The hit on my convoy wasn't just Nathan seeking revenge; it was the Cartel tying up loose ends. And Nathan was the biggest loose end of all.
