Chapter 2
Rain began to fall over the coastal highway as Hannah navigated her black SUV toward downtown Boston.
In the backseat, Lily had finally stopped weeping, cradling a small stuffed bear under her blue tulle dress.
Hannah glanced in the rearview mirror, her left cheek throbbing where Mark's hand had struck her.
She reached into her glove compartment and pulled out an encrypted satellite phone she had hidden two years ago.
She dialed a number she knew by heart, holding the receiver against her ear as the line chimed three times.
"It's done, David," Hannah spoke calmly into the microphone.
"Mark chose his mother over his family tonight."
On the other end of the line, David Vance, top corporate litigator in New England, let out a slow sigh.
"I have the emergency custody petition drafted and ready for the federal judge in the morning," David stated.
"Did you secure the offshore bank ledger from the study before you left?"
Hannah touched the small USB drive hidden inside the lining of her ruby dress.
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"I have every single document proving Mark and Evelyn laundered fifty million dollars from the family trust," Hannah declared.
"By sunrise, the Montgomery family legacy ends."
