Chapter 28 - THE SHADOW IN LONDON
Inside an underground server facility beneath the streets of London, green digital code scrolled rapidly across several dark monitors.
An unidentified person wearing a dark tailored coat stood behind the console, tapping a glass ring against the metal desk.
On the central screen displayed a high-resolution photograph of Eleanor dancing with Marcus at the Metropolitan Museum Ball.
Beside her photograph was an original copy of her grandfather’s long-lost second will from 1952.
A document that had never been filed in any court in the United States or Europe.
The stranger pressed a key, sending an encrypted voice file directly to Eleanor's private satellite phone in New York.
Back on the Hamptons veranda, Eleanor’s phone chimed softly on the wooden table between her and Marcus.
May you like
She picked up the device, unlocking the screen to reveal a three-second audio message from an unknown international number.
Eleanor pressed play, holding the speaker close to her ear as Marcus watched her face carefully.
