Chapter 31 - The Unopened Briefcase
Gabriel opened the silver briefcase slightly, revealing a stack of vintage documents stamped with a red wax seal.
"Sarah didn't die of natural causes, Julian... and Victoria wasn't working alone," Gabriel whispered through the iron bars.
Julian felt a cold spike of dread shoot through his vein as he stared at the man standing in his driveway.
"What are you talking about?" Julian demanded, his hands gripping the iron bars tightly.
Gabriel pulled a small electronic audio recorder from his pocket, pressing the play button with his thumb.
A chilling female voice played through the speaker—a voice that did not belong to Victoria or Evelyn.
"The first wife is taken care of... now make sure the child signs the inheritance waiver before her seventh birthday," the voice ordered.
Lily walked up beside Julian, clutching her golden retriever puppy as she looked up at the stranger at the gate.
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In the background, inside Gabriel's idling luxury sedan, a small red light on a surveillance monitor blinked silently.
Julian looked down at the documents, then at his daughter, realizing with absolute horror that the true mastermind had never been caught...
