Chapter 17 - Victoria Issues A Last Desperate Threat From Prison
Two weeks before the scheduled trial, a handwritten letter arrived at the Brookline estate via legal courier.
Jack opened the envelope in his study, finding a frantic, venomous note scrawled in Victoria’s sharp handwriting.
“You think you’ve won, Jack, but empires built on blood always crumble from within... my associates are still out there.”
Jack read the pathetic threat once before walking over to the fireplace and tossing the paper straight into the flames.
She was grasping at invisible straws, trying to project fear from the secure confines of a federal prison cell.
May you like
Her empty threats held zero power over a man who had already walked through the fire to protect his child.
He closed the glass fireplace screen, dismissing her final desperate gasp with total, unbothered indifference.
