Chapter 21 - A Mysterious Legal Notice Arrives In Mail
Late one quiet Friday evening, while Olivia was fast asleep upstairs, our postal carrier delivered a heavy manila envelope marked urgent. There was no return address or postal stamp, only an embossed seal from an international Swiss bank.
I used a silver letter opener to slice open the heavy paper, pulling out a single document and a flash drive.
The document was an estate inventory listing overseas assets belonging to a mysterious foreign branch of the Sterling family trust.
The handwritten note at the bottom made my blood run cold instantly:
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“Margaret was only hiding the surface... the true owner of Olivia’s trust is coming to claim the estate next week.”
I slowly raised my eyes toward the dark front windows as a pair of black luxury sedans rolled slowly down our gravel driveway...
