Chapter 21 - A Mysterious Package Arrives At Our Front Door
Late one quiet Friday evening, while Emma was fast asleep upstairs, the front doorbell chimed softly across the foyer. Michael walked down the hallway, opened the heavy oak door, and found a small, unmarked black box on the welcome mat.
There was no return address or postal stamp, only an embossed metallic seal from an international Swiss bank archive. Michael brought the package inside, placed it on the dining table, and used a letter opener to break the heavy wax seal.
Inside lay an old encrypted flash drive and a handwritten note in ink that made his blood run cold instantly:
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“Michael, Rachel was only hiding the surface... the true mastermind behind the custody scheme is coming to claim Emma next week.”
Michael slowly raised his eyes toward the dark front windows as a pair of black luxury sedans rolled silently down their gravel driveway...
