Chapter 11 - Victor Was Not The Attacker
Victor Lane was arrested on financial charges unrelated to Sophia’s
assault.
During questioning, he admitted visiting Sophia.
He admitted pressuring her to stop.
He admitted calling Marcus.
He denied attacking her.
Then his attorney produced something unexpected.
A parking receipt.
Victor entered a secured downtown garage at 11:24 p.m.
Camera footage showed him there at 11:27.
Sophia’s emergency call to Richard came at 11:31.
The drive from the garage to Ethan’s house took at least eighteen
minutes.
Victor could not have been the person inside the kitchen at 11:31.
Sophia had remembered his voice earlier because he visited.
The attacker’s phrase about Victor had misled everyone.
Victor was involved in the broader scheme.
But someone else hurt Sophia.
Investigators returned to the shoe impression.
North River issued those boots to field supervisors.
Marcus Vale wore the same model.
So did twelve employees.
Then Melissa Grant voluntarily came forward.
She had been the person secretly feeding Sophia internal accounting
records.
She was not protecting the fraud.
She was trying to expose it.
Daniel Cross discovered the leak.
Melissa believed he ordered Victor to scare Sophia.
But she did not believe Victor attacked her.
“Daniel has someone else for that.”
“Who?” Bennett asked.
Melissa gave a name.
Aaron Pike.
North River field supervisor.
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Former military police.
The same man who had signed out the SUV seen near Ethan’s neighborhood.
