Chapter 26 - The Cryptic Letter
Six months later, on a snowy evening in December, a courier delivered a heavy black envelope to Liam’s penthouse.
The envelope bore no return address, only a red wax seal stamped with an ancient European crest.
Liam opened the letter using a silver letter opener, reading the short message written in precise cursive script.
"Mr. Harrison, you destroyed Victor Vance, but you only cut off one hand of the octopus."
"The Vance family trust holds thirty percent of the voting shares in your father's original shipping company."
"And those shares are currently being auctioned off to a foreign sovereign syndicate in Dubai tonight."
Liam felt a cold chill run down his spine as he recognized his late father's secret handwriting at the bottom.
"What is it, Liam?" Maya asked, walking into the study wearing her cozy mauve sweater.
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"My father didn't die in a car crash fifteen years ago, Maya," Liam revealed, his voice shaking with shock.
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