Chapter 10 - Confronting the Man in Black
I parked my car in the underground garage of the towering glass-and-steel Vanguard-Vance headquarters in downtown Manhattan.
Security guards greeted me by name before I even reached the turnstiles, escorting me directly to the private executive elevator.
The elevator ascended silently to the penthouse floor, the digital display flashing past fifty floors in mere seconds.
When the doors slid open, Julian Vance stood waiting by floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the sprawling New York skyline.
He wasn't wearing his suit jacket anymore; his sleeves were rolled up, and his expression was a mask of exhausted defeat.
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“You found the adoption files, didn't you?” Julian asked without turning around to face me.
“I found out that you and your family lied to me, stole my identity, and erased my existence for corporate greed,” I answered coldly.
