Chapter 10: The Truth Unveiled
Chapter 10: The Truth Unveiled
Back in the penthouse, Victoria refused to be sidelined. While Arthur barked orders at the police commissioner on the phone, she slipped into his private study. She knew about the hidden floor safe beneath the Persian rug.
Entering his birthday as the code, the heavy steel door clicked open.
Inside weren't bearer bonds or gold. It was a single red dossier labeled VANCE INCIDENT - 2006. Victoria opened it. She saw the photographs of the burned laboratory. She saw the coroner's reports. She saw the forged patent documents that transferred all of Elias Vance's revolutionary tech to Arthur.
And then she saw the kill order for Elias's wife and child.
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Victoria's breath hitched. Her husband wasn't a genius entrepreneur. He was a mass murderer. But more importantly—if this information leaked, her wealth, her status, her entire life would be seized by the federal government. She would be penniless.
She coldly closed the dossier and reached into Arthur’s desk drawer, wrapping her fingers around the cold grip of a silver revolver.
