Chapter 7 - The Pentagon Connection
Julian froze on the gravel driveway, looking up at Vivian standing on the grand steps in her Navy dress uniform.
“Vivian... please,” Julian stammered, raising his hands slowly. “I was just following Victoria’s orders!”
“Save it for the grand jury, Julian,” Vivian replied, her voice steady as steel.
Two dark-suited agents rushed forward, tackling Julian to the ground and securing his hands with heavy flex-cuffs.
Victoria ran onto the porch, watching her brother being shoved into the back of a black SUV.
“You can’t do this to us!” Victoria shrieked, her voice echoing across the misty estate grounds. “We are the Sterlings!”
“The Sterlings built this country’s naval fleet, Victoria,” Arthur declared, standing beside Vivian. “You are just parasites who bled the company dry.”
Harrison walked out of the foyer, holding a satellite phone connected directly to the Pentagon’s Chief Legal Counsel.
“Captain Vivian Vance,” Harrison announced, using her full maiden title. “Admiral Ross is on the line for you.”
Vivian took the phone, raising it to her ear while keeping her gaze fixed on the broken matriarch.
“Reporting, Admiral,” Vivian said clearly.
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“The evidence is secured, Captain,” Admiral Ross’s voice boomed through the speaker. “Initiate Phase Two immediately.”
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