Chapter 13 - THE SECRET SHAREHOLDER
Three days later, Clara received a encrypted message on her black smartphone while working in her new CEO office.
The message contained a single line of text from an unknown European server: Check the secret ledger in Eleanor's safe.
Clara called David Vance into her office immediately, showing him the cryptic text message on her screen.
"Did federal marshals inventory Eleanor's private safe during the penthouse eviction?" Clara asked sharp-eyed.
"They inventoried the main wall safe, but there was a secondary floor safe concealed beneath the Persian rug," David recalled.
Clara stood up, grabbing her navy trench coat from the coat rack with swift, decisive movement.
"Get the estate executor and two armed security guards. We're going back to the penthouse," Clara commanded.
An hour later, David used a heavy drilling tool to breach the hidden floor safe inside Eleanor's former bedroom.
Inside lay a thick leather binder stamped with a crest belonging to a powerful, secretive European banking cartel.
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Clara opened the binder, her eyes widening as she realized Eleanor wasn't working alone—she was a puppet for a global syndicate.
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