Chapter 21 - A Mysterious Letter Arrives With A Chilling Final Warning
Back at the Virginia estate, the autumn leaves painted the countryside in vibrant shades of gold and crimson. Grace sat at her grandfather's mahogany desk reviewing quarterly charitable endowment reports by candlelight.
The front doorbell chimed softly through the quiet, peaceful hallways of the historic manor house. Grace walked down to the foyer, opening the heavy oak door to find a plain black envelope resting on the porch floor.
There was no stamp, no return address, and no postmark—just her name written in elegant, unfamiliar cursive script. She picked it up with a sudden spike of intuition, breaking the wax seal with her fingertips.
She pulled out a single sheet of heavy parchment paper and unfolded it under the entryway chandelier light. As her eyes scanned the typed message across the page, the blood drained instantly from her face:
May you like
“Brad was only the distraction. The real person pulling the strings is already inside your inner circle.”
Before she could process the chilling warning, her smartphone buzzed violently with an encrypted alert from her home security system...
