Chapter 11 - Sabrina Attempts A Desperate Blackmail Scheme Against Claire
Three weeks after Grant’s arrest, Claire was exiting her office building on Tryon Street when Sabrina Cole stepped out from behind a concrete pillar.
Sabrina looked thin, tired, and wild-eyed, wearing dark clothes that showed obvious signs of wear and lack of laundering.
She held a manila folder tightly against her chest, stepping directly into Claire’s path as two Vance security guards immediately moved forward to block her.
“Claire, wait! Don't let them push me away!” Sabrina yelled, her voice trembling with manic desperation.
Claire gestured for her security team to hold their position, stepping forward to face the woman who had helped destroy her marriage.
“You shouldn't be here, Sabrina,” Claire said, her voice completely even and devoid of anger or pity.
“I have photos, Claire!” Sabrina hissed, pulling out a stack of printed photos showing Claire meeting with property developers five years ago.
“These prove you knew about Grant’s offshore transactions before the divorce!” Sabrina claimed, waving the papers in the air.
“If you don't pay me two hundred thousand dollars and tell David to drop his divorce lawsuit, I’m giving these to the press tomorrow!”
Claire looked at the photos in Sabrina’s hand, then turned her head slightly to look at the security camera mounted on the building wall above them.
“Sabrina, those are public property acquisition records from a project we completed in Raleigh six years ago,” Claire explained calmly.
“And you just attempted to commit extortion against a key federal witness on high-definition security camera footage,” Claire added softly.
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Sabrina froze, looking up at the blinking red light of the security camera above her head as two Charlotte police officers approached from the sidewalk.
Extortion charges were added to Sabrina’s growing list of legal problems, sealing her complete social and financial destruction before nightfall.
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