Chapter 9 - An Anonymous Informant Delivers A Dangerous Corporate Secret
Back at the safe house provided by Agent Miller, the television played early morning news broadcasts across the kitchen.
A knock sounded at the heavy wooden door, sharp and rhythmic, signaling an authorized visitor had arrived.
Miller opened the door cautiously, revealing a young man in a rumpled suit carrying an encrypted hard drive.
“David Vance?” Miller asked, recognizing the junior compliance officer from the Blackwood legal department.
“I couldn't stay silent any longer,” David said breathlessly, stepping inside and dropping the hard drive on the table.
“Eleanor threatened to ruin my family if I didn't alter the quarterly compliance logs for Mercer Residential.”
I stepped out from the hallway, looking at the terrified young man who held the missing piece of the puzzle.
“What is on that drive, David?” I asked quietly.
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“Every single internal email, forged signature log, and wire instruction authorized by Grant and his mother over three years.”
David looked directly at me, his eyes wide with genuine fear. “If you turn this over to the DOJ, nobody can protect us.”
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