Chapter 18
Sarah’s breath hitched slightly, a brief pause before speaking as her mind rapidly calculated the implications of the sudden violence. "What is his current medical status, and who authorized the hit?" Sarah demanded, stepping away from the mirror into the shadows.
"He is currently on life support in the secure prison medical ward, but the attacker wasn't a standard cartel inmate," Harrison explained tensely. "The attacker was a highly trained professional operative embedded in the prison population by an unknown external European syndicate."
The subtle, low-frequency cinematic bass hum of true danger seemed to vibrate through the floorboards of her luxurious hotel suite. "Why would a professional syndicate risk exposing an asset just to silence a disgraced, bankrupt billionaire serving a life sentence?" Sarah questioned sharply.
"Because before he was attacked, Richard sent an encrypted letter to the Department of Justice claiming he lied about the Swiss accounts," Harrison revealed. "He claimed there is a second, far more powerful shadow syndicate that actually orchestrated the entire embezzlement scheme."
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Sarah clenched her jaw, the chilling realization washing over her that the war she thought was over had only just begun. Richard wasn't the mastermind of the massive corporate fraud; he was merely the arrogant, disposable puppet for a much darker power.
And now, that dark power was actively erasing every single loose end connected to the Sterling global financial conspiracy.
