Chapter 4 - Nathaniel Examines The Secret Blue Documents Closely
Nathaniel stepped past her without answering, walking straight toward the corner of the room near the French doors.
He knelt down beside the antique Persian rug, pressing his thumb against the hidden brass release latch in the floorboard.
The concealed compartment hissed open pneumatically, revealing an empty velvet-lined cavity that smelled faintly of old paper and ink.
Vanessa rushed across the room, her composure finally fracturing into genuine, frantic panic.
“Don’t touch that! It’s private family business regarding my father’s corporate holdings!” she snapped, her voice losing its sweet veneer.
Nathaniel reached inside the empty recess, finding a single stray corner of blue carbon paper stuck beneath the hinge.
He pulled it out, holding it up to the afternoon light filtering through the crystal windowpanes.
It wasn't corporate holding paperwork; it bore the official letterhead of the Manhattan Federal District Attorney’s office.
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“Federal embezzlement indictments,” Nathaniel read aloud, his voice dropping into a dangerous register.
“You weren't hiding family assets, Vanessa; you were hiding evidence of a multi-million-dollar wire fraud scheme.”
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