Chapter 7 - THE NIGHTTIME OPERATION
By two o'clock in the morning, the mansion fell into a deceptive, quiet darkness under the Manhattan sky.
Julian moved silently down the grand mahogany staircase, wearing dark trousers and a black turtleneck sweater.
He reached the private study on the ground floor, using a master key to unlock the heavy brass door.
Inside, moonlight poured through floor-to-ceiling windows, illuminating Arthur Vance's old executive desk.
Mounted above the marble fireplace was a framed replica of the US Constitution alongside the American flag.
Julian sat in the leather chair, switching on a small reading lamp while pulling a encrypted USB drive from his pocket.
He inserted the drive into Arthur's desktop computer, typing in a complex password known only to him and his late brother.
The screen flashed rapidly, displaying hidden corporate ledgers and wire transfer receipts originating from Nassau.
Julian’s eyes scanned the numbers, stopping at a recent transaction dated just forty-eight hours prior.
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A two-million-dollar wire had been sent directly from Vance Enterprises to a private trust owned by Judge Miller.
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