Chapter 21 - A Mysterious Package Arrives At The New Coastal Home
Months later, after moving to a quiet, sunlit coastal town far away from Chicago, a new chapter began. Late one quiet Friday evening, while Sophie was fast asleep upstairs, the front doorbell chimed softly across the foyer.
Evelyn walked down the hallway, opened the heavy oak door, and found a small, unmarked black box resting on the welcome mat. There was no return address or postal stamp, only an embossed metallic seal from an international Swiss bank archive.
Evelyn brought the package inside, placed it on the dining table, and used a silver letter opener to break the heavy wax seal.
Inside lay an old encrypted flash drive and a handwritten note in ink that made her breath catch instantly in her throat:
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“Evelyn, Preston and Mark were only hiding the surface... the true mastermind of the family trust is coming to claim everything next week.”
Evelyn slowly raised her eyes toward the dark front windows as a pair of black luxury sedans rolled silently down their gravel driveway...
