Chapter 2: Secrets Worth Billions

Chapter 2: Secrets Worth Billions
The lights dimmed.
One by one, faces appeared on the giant screen.
Tax fraud.
Bribery.
Illegal acquisitions.
Human trafficking.
Money laundering.
Hidden offshore accounts.
Every secret carefully documented.
Every crime supported by evidence.
Gasps echoed through the ballroom.
Several guests tried destroying the monitors.
The screens simply switched to backup projectors.
There was no stopping the truth.
Victor suddenly lunged toward me.
"You planned this!"
"No," I replied.
"You planned it the day you believed nobody could stop you."
Before he could touch me, twelve armored security officers surrounded him.
None wore police uniforms.
Their badges carried only one symbol.
A silver phoenix.
Victor frowned.
"I've never seen that agency."
"You were never supposed to."
Handcuffs clicked around his wrists.
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For the first time in decades...
Victor Harrington looked afraid.