Chapter 6 - The Hidden Safe
By 8:00 PM, federal agents and local police executed a emergency search warrant on Evelyn's sprawling estate in McLean, Virginia.
Crime scene technicians swept through the primary master suite, using thermal imaging cameras to inspect the oak paneling.
Behind a floor-to-ceiling oil painting of the Vance family ancestors, a technician discovered a heavy electronic wall safe.
Julian provided the family master code, allowing the heavy steel door to swing open with a soft hydraulic hiss.
Inside lay stacks of wrapped hundred-dollar bills totaling nearly three hundred thousand dollars in cash.
Beneath the currency, investigators pulled out a sealed manila folder marked with a red confidential stamp.
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Agent Sarah Miller opened the folder, revealing three newly drafted life insurance policies in Clara's name.
"Every policy names Evelyn as the primary beneficiary, totaling eight million dollars," Agent Miller declared.
