Chapter 14
Federal Prosecutor Miller walked through the shattered glass of the living room, shaking his head in disbelief. "We secured the service elevators, but the assassins slipped out through the subterranean loading dock," Miller reported grimly.
"They wanted the 1998 files, Miller; they know my father left backup evidence that implicates their entire network," Julian stated flatly. "Well, they won't find it here; we're moving you and Margaret to a secure federal safehouse in upstate New York tonight," Miller instructed.
By midnight, Julian and Margaret were settled inside a heavily fortified government safehouse nestled deep within the Adirondack mountains. The cabin was surrounded by dense pine forests, razor wire, and twenty-four-hour federal tactical surveillance.
Julian sat by the stone fireplace, staring into the flickering flames while running through every possible loophole in his security. He knew that hiding in the mountains was only a temporary solution; true safety required hunting the hunters.
He opened his encrypted laptop, pulling up the financial wire trails linked to the rogue private security firm that attacked his penthouse. The trail led directly to a shell corporation registered in Zurich under the name "Apex Global Holdings."
He began cross-referencing corporate registry data, searching for any domestic liaison who could authorize such high-level operations. Hours passed in silence, the glow of the computer screen illuminating the quiet wooden cabin.
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Suddenly, a specific name popped up on the corporate registry database—a name Julian hadn't heard in over five years. It was David Vance, his estranged cousin who had been legally disowned by the family for embezzlement back in 2018.
David had disappeared into Europe, presumed by everyone to be living off stolen family trust funds in Switzerland.
