Chapter 7 - Uncovering The Secret Bank Transfers From Chicago

Determined to clear my name, I grabbed my laptop from the kitchen counter and logged into my personal financial records. I searched through archived statements from eleven years ago, searching for any connection to Daniel Sterling or Chicago accounts.
Nested deep within an old checking account I had closed years ago was a series of automatic monthly wire transfers of five thousand dollars each. The funds had been deposited systematically every month from a corporate account registered under Sterling Global Holdings.
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My stomach dropped into a cold, endless abyss as realization struck me like a physical blow. The money hadn't come from Daniel Sterling at all; it had come directly from Mark's family corporation.
Someone inside the Sterling family had been framing me for a secret payoff scheme long before Lily was even born.
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