Chapter 20 - A Mysterious Unsigned Package Arrives On Their Front Porch
Late one quiet evening after Eli had fallen fast asleep upstairs, Mara sat by the bay window reading a book by lamplight.
A sharp knock echoed softly against the front wooden door, breaking the peaceful silence of the coastal night.
Mara walked cautiously to the entryway, peering through the small peephole to see an unmarked manila envelope resting on the welcome mat.
She opened the door slowly, scanning the empty driveway and the moonlit street before picking up the heavy parcel.
Inside sat a single USB flash drive and a handwritten note scrawled on plain stationery without a return address.
She plugged the drive into her laptop on the kitchen counter, watching a hidden video file load onto the screen.
The video showed security footage from a secluded warehouse in downtown Baltimore, dated just twenty-four hours earlier.
A shadowy figure stood before a stack of confidential corporate ledgers, slowly burning them one by one in a metal drum.
Then a familiar voice whispered from the audio track, speaking directly to the camera with a chilling warning.
“He thought he lost everything, but the real audit hasn't even begun yet…”
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Mara stared at the glowing screen in sudden silence as the kitchen lights flickered off one by one.
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