Chapter 21 - A Mysterious Letter Arrives From An Unknown Source
Late one quiet Friday evening, while Lucia was reviewing financial reports in the study, a maid placed a plain brown envelope on her desk. There was no return address or postal stamp, only a black wax seal bearing an emblem she had never seen before.
Lucia used a silver letter opener to slice open the heavy paper, pulling out a single photograph and a handwritten note in dark ink.
The photograph showed her brother Emilio sitting across from an unknown federal prosecutor in a secure safehouse far outside prison walls.
The handwritten note at the bottom made her breath catch instantly in her throat:
May you like
“Emilio never went to federal prison... and the man who orchestrated your mother’s funeral is coming to claim the estate next week.”
Lucia slowly raised her eyes toward the tall study windows as a fleet of unmarked black sedans rolled silently up the winding driveway...
