Chapter 19 - The Flight To Reagan National
On Monday morning, Maya boarded a United Airlines flight from Chicago O’Hare to Reagan National Airport in Washington D.C.
She sat in first class, looking out the window as the plane climbed through the clouds over Lake Michigan.
The gold-crested ledger was in a secure evidence vault in Maryland, Director Hayes was facing thirty years in federal prison, and the Vance Financial Group was officially bankrupt.
She pulled her laptop out of her bag, opening a fresh document to begin writing her final operational summary report.
As she typed the final sentences detailing the events at the steakhouse, a pop-up notification appeared on her encrypted email client.
It was an anonymous file transfer sent from an IP address located somewhere in Western Europe.
Maya clicked the file, her eyes narrowing as an encrypted video file began to download automatically onto her hard drive.
The video showed a high-definition recording taken inside a private boardroom in Geneva, Switzerland, dated yesterday.
Seated at the head of a long marble conference table was a man whose face was kept in deep shadow.
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Standing beside him was Julian Vance, wearing a brand-new suit, looking completely calm, collected, and remarkably confident.
Julian was holding a glass of scotch, smiling as he handed a fresh set of corporate documents to the shadowed man.
