Chapter 16 - Deciphering The Final Entry Written Before The Disappearance
Marcus slammed the heavy oak door in the lawyer's face, locking the deadbolt with a sharp, echoing click.
He ripped open the white envelope, pulling out a single sheet of paper containing a typed warning message.
“Drop the financial audit or the girl goes missing again,” read the bold black letters printed on the page.
Marcus’s blood ran ice-cold as he realized Evelyn’s arrest was only the tip of a much larger, more dangerous iceberg.
He hurried back to the secret library vault, grabbing the black leather journal to re-examine Claire’s final entries.
Hidden inside the back cover was a folded topographical map of the sprawling estate grounds outside.
A red X was marked directly over the old greenhouse foundation near the western perimeter wall of the property.
Claire had written a cryptic note beside the red mark: “If they trap me, look beneath the old oak roots.”
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Marcus grabbed a heavy-duty flashlight from his desk drawer, determined to uncover whatever was buried out in the yard.
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