Chapter 21 - A Mysterious Black Box Arrives At Their Doorstep
Late one quiet Friday evening, while the crickets chirped softly across the estate grounds, the front porch doorbell chimed across the foyer. Valeria opened the heavy oak door and found a small, unmarked black box resting on the welcome mat.
There was no return address or postal stamp, only an embossed metallic seal from an international Swiss bank archive. Valeria brought the package inside, placed it on the kitchen island, and used a pocketknife to break the heavy wax seal.
Inside lay an old encrypted flash drive and a handwritten note in ink that made her blood run cold instantly:
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“Valeria, Gavin was only hiding the surface... the true owner of your family’s land deed is coming to claim everything next week.”
Valeria slowly raised her eyes toward the dark garden driveway as a pair of black luxury sedans rolled silently up the gravel path...
