Chapter 6 - Leo Whispers A Shocking Warning About His Stepfamily
Richard carried Leo rapidly up the curved oak staircase, leaving Victoria standing alone in the glowing hallway.
“Dad, we can’t go to the master suite... she has cameras hidden behind every painting,” Leo whispered urgently.
Richard stopped halfway up the stairs, looking down at his son with wide, horrified eyes.
“How do you know about the cameras, Leo?” Richard asked, his voice barely audible over the hum of the HVAC system.
“I saw her typing codes into the security panel in the basement when she thought I was sleeping,” Leo explained quietly.
“She was talking to a man named Marcus on the headset... saying the boy was starting to ask too many questions,” he added.
Marcus Sterling was Richard’s chief financial officer and closest corporate ally at the downtown brokerage firm.
The conspiracy was infinitely larger than he had imagined, stretching from the mansion walls straight into corporate headquarters.
“We’re going straight to the secure panic room behind my study, Leo... nobody knows about that code except us,” Richard decided.
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They navigated the dark second-floor hallway in silence, moving like ghosts through the opulent corridors of the estate.
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