Chapter 15 - The Mysterious Benefactor
Clara sat in her new executive office on the top floor of Montgomery Global, reviewing offshore transaction logs.
Her laptop screen flashed red as an incoming encrypted message bypassed the corporate firewall system.
The message contained a single video file recorded from an unknown IP address located in Geneva, Switzerland.
Clara clicked play, her breath catching in her throat as a familiar face appeared on the screen.
It was her mother, Eleanor Vance, who had been officially reported dead in a boating accident ten years prior.
"Clara, my sweet girl... if you are watching this, it means Victoria has been exposed," Eleanor said on screen.
"Do not trust Arthur Montgomery," Eleanor warned, her voice trembling with intense panic.
"He didn't save you out of kindness... he needed your bloodline to unlock the Swiss defense accounts!" Eleanor revealed.
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The video file abruptly auto-deleted from Clara's laptop, leaving her screen completely blank and dark.
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