Chapter 6 - The Secret Safe
Julian walked up the grand staircase, his heavy footsteps echoing through the silent, empty master suite.
He pushed aside the floor-to-ceiling mirror in Victoria's dressing room, exposing a dark steel wall safe.
He inserted the small metal key, turning it three times until a mechanical click signaled the lock opening.
Inside lay stacks of offshore bank bonds, a false passport under an alias, and a small glass vial containing clear liquid.
Julian pulled out the glass vial, noticing a typed label attached to the base: Thallium Sulfate.
His hand trembled as he read the scientific chemical name, a cold chill running down his spine.
Thallium sulfate was a slow-acting, colorless poison that left no trace in ordinary blood tests.
It was the exact same toxic substance that had caused his first wife's sudden heart failure eighteen months ago.
Julian slumped against the mahogany wall, realizing with sickening clarity that Victoria hadn't just married him for money.
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She had systematically murdered his first wife to step into her shoes and take over the family estate.
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