Chapter 8 - The FBI Investigation
By 8:00 AM the following morning, four black federal SUVs pulled up outside Sterling Global headquarters on Wall Street.
Special Agent Marcus Cole led a team of twelve federal investigators through the glass doors with search warrants in hand.
Employees scrambled in panic as agents began boxing up hard drives, servers, and financial ledgers from the executive floors.
Evelyn sat in her father's corner office, wearing a grey wool suit, her face pale as Agent Cole walked in.
"Evelyn Sterling, you are under federal arrest for wire fraud, extortion, and grand larceny," Cole announced sharply.
He snapped heavy steel handcuffs around her manicured wrists, pulling her up from her leather chair.
"This is a political hit job!" Evelyn screamed as she was escorted past dozens of news cameras in the lobby.
Flashbulbs popped rapidly as the disgraced heiress was loaded into the back of an unmarked federal sedan.
Across town, Liam watched the live television broadcast from his office, his hand resting on Maya's shoulder.
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"That's step one," Liam muttered softly. "Now we go after the people who funded her."
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