Chapter 14 - THE PENTHOUSE RAID
Federal agents and local police descended upon Julian Vance's luxury downtown Chicago penthouse apartment before dawn.
The heavy oak door was breached with a tactical battering ram, shattering the quiet morning calm of the high-rise building.
Julian woke up in his silk pajamas, stumbling out of his master bedroom as armed agents flooded his living room.
"What is the meaning of this?! I am a senior corporate vice president!" Julian shouted, raising his hands in indignant shock.
"Julian Vance, you are under federal arrest for corporate espionage, racketeering, and conspiracy to commit fraud," the lead agent announced.
They slammed steel handcuffs onto his wrists, marching him past his designer furniture toward the private elevator.
Confidential server hard drives and paper financial ledgers were bagged as primary evidence of the corporate takeover plot.
By noon, the news of Julian's arrest hit the financial markets, causing his company's stock to plummet twelve percent.
Mark watched the market report from his lake house office with a calm, satisfied expression.
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Justice was moving swiftly, dismantling every single pillar of the corrupt empire Victoria and her brother had built.
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