Chapter 21 - A Mysterious Black Box Arrives At The Estate
Late one quiet Friday evening, while rain tapped gently against the high glass windows of the suburban estate, the front doorbell chimed softly. David walked down the grand hallway, opened the heavy oak door, and found a small, unmarked black box resting on a velvet pedestal.
There was no return address or postal stamp, only an embossed metallic seal bearing an old European family crest. David brought the package inside, placed it on his study desk, and used a silver letter opener to break the heavy wax seal.
Inside lay an old encrypted flash drive and a handwritten note in dark ink that made his heart skip a sharp beat:
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“David, Evelyn was only the puppet... the true biological mother of your child's legal inheritance is arriving from London next week.”
David slowly raised his eyes toward the rain-slicked driveway as a pair of black luxury sedans pulled silently up to the gate...
