Chapter 15 - A Midnight Phone Call Offering A Deceptive Settlement
At midnight, the secure satellite phone on the cabin table rang with an incoming restricted number display.
Miller gestured for me to answer it, sliding the decrypted handset across the wooden surface.
“Victoria,” Grant’s voice came through the speaker, sounding subdued, desperate, and devoid of its previous arrogant swagger.
“Grant,” I answered coldly, my finger hovering over the record button.
“Let’s end this madness before my mother does something neither of us can fix,” Grant pleaded softly.
“I’ll sign over fifty percent of the recovered trust funds to your private account, and we can drop all federal charges.”
“You stole sixty million dollars, framed me for grand larceny, and tried to destroy my life,” I reminded him calmly.
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“And my mother will spend the rest of her life in a federal penitentiary if you don't take this deal right now!” Grant snapped.
“Tell your mother I’m coming for everything she stole from my family,” I replied, and hung up the phone.
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