Chapter 10 - The Secret File Hidden Inside Clara’s Smartphone
An hour later, they arrived safely inside the concrete basement shelter beneath the auto repair shop on Snyder Avenue in South Philadelphia.
The room was illuminated by yellow work lamps powered by a noisy gasoline generator, surrounded by dusty toolboxes and engine parts.
Dr. Harrison immediately set up an emergency IV drip, administering the broad-spectrum antitoxin to neutralize the remaining neurotoxin in her blood.
Marcus sat beside Clara on a cot, using a small pocket knife to carefully slice open the inner leather lining of her designer handbag.
Tucked flat against the cardboard reinforcement was a black, encrypted flash drive stamped with the official seal of the Department of Justice.
"Where did you get this, Clara?" Marcus asked softly, stroking her damp forehead with his thumb as her breathing stabilized.
"I took it from Eleanor's safe... the night she poisoned my dinner," Clara whispered, her voice still weak and raspy from the toxin.
"It contains the names of political figures in Washington... who authorized the biological testing at Apex Bio-Tech," she revealed.
Marcus plugged the drive into his laptop, watching as thousands of classified documents, emails, and bank transfers filled his glowing screen.
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The lead conspirator listed on the federal indictment papers was none other than the Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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