Chapter 8
An hour later, Mateo arrived at the headquarters of Garcia Holdings in downtown Houston, sixty stories above the bustling Texas streets.
His chief intelligence officer, Sofia Reyes, was waiting inside his glass corner office with a mountain of encrypted files.
"The Vance arrest is trending across every major news network in the United States, Mateo," Sofia reported, handing him a secure tablet.
"Wall Street is in a frenzy; Vance Development shares collapsed to zero in less than forty-five minutes."
Mateo walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, looking out over the expansive city skyline under the bright afternoon sun.
"What about the politician Chad mentioned during his arrest?" Mateo asked, his voice sharp and focused.
Sofia tapped her tablet screen, pulling up a classified profile of United States Senator Arthur Sterling.
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"Senator Sterling received over twelve million dollars in campaign contributions from Vance shell companies over the last four years," Sofia revealed.
"And he just called an emergency press conference at the Texas State Capitol for five o'clock today."
