Chapter 17
The Collapse Of An Empire
Arthur stared at her, his hands beginning to shake as Sterling pulled out his satellite phone and looked at the glowing screen.
“Sir... it’s true,” Sterling whispered in a panicked voice, stepping back from his boss. “Our corporate credit lines were just revoked.”
“The federal marshals are at the outer perimeter right now with an arrest warrant for capital murder and wire fraud.”
Arthur looked around wildly, realizing that his guards were already backing away, abandoning him to save their own skins.
The money that had bought their loyalty, their silence, and their violence was gone, leaving him completely alone in the storm.
Sirens wailed in the distance as six police cruisers and two federal vans tore down the public road toward the estate gates.
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Arthur fell to his knees in the muddy driveway, his eyes wide with the sudden, crushing realization of his absolute defeat.
Clara stood beside me, taking my hand into hers as federal agents swarmed the driveway, slapping steel handcuffs onto Arthur’s wrists.
