Chapter 7 - The Godfather’s Terms
Inside the private jet hangar at JFK Airport, a luxurious Gulfstream jet idled on the tarmac, ready to depart for Zurich.
Mrs. Thorne had managed to liquidate a significant portion of her personal jewelry and offshore cash to buy her son passage out of the country.
They were set to meet at the private terminal in twenty minutes.
She pulled her Mercedes into the security checkpoint, flashing her passport, confident in her escape.
Suddenly, three unmarked federal SUVs blocked her vehicle on the runway. The terminal doors remained locked.
Agent Miller, the man Mariana had spoken to on the phone the night before, stepped out of the lead vehicle.
He walked up to her window, flashing not a federal badge, but an ID from the US Marshals service.
"Mrs. Thorne, you are under federal subpoena regarding the asset freeze at Thorne Enterprises," Miller said with polite authority.
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Behind him, Arthur Sterling watched the exchange from the tinted window of a parked Bentley, smoking a Cuban cigar.
The trap was sealed. There was no escape.
