Chapter 18
Cold sweat broke out across Hannah's forehead as she re-read the chilling letter under the bright morning sun.
She grabbed her phone and immediately called David Vance, her voice filled with sudden urgency.
"David! I need you to run a background check on Edward Sterling and the Sterling Global Syndicate!" Hannah ordered.
"Edward Sterling?" David repeated in surprise over the line. "Why are you asking about him?"
"Because Mark isn't a Montgomery," Hannah revealed, her voice shaking slightly.
"He is Edward Sterling's son."
There was a long, terrifying silence on the other end of the phone before David spoke again.
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"Hannah... Edward Sterling bought three private security firms in Massachusetts two days ago," David warned gravely.
"And one of those firms just took over the harbor patrol in Martha's Vineyard this morning."
