Chapter 16 - Desperate Attempts To Bribe The Federal Investigators
Deep inside a shady motel room near the New Jersey border, Elena watched the news broadcast with wide, horrified eyes.
She realized the woman she had attacked, humiliated, and insulted was the legendary billionaire founder herself.
Trembling with fear, she pulled out a burner phone and dialed the direct desk line of the lead federal investigator, Agent Miller.
The phone connected after two rings, and Elena immediately spoke in a desperate, breathy whisper.
"Agent Miller? Please listen to me... I can give you the names of every corrupt official in Manhattan," Elena pleaded.
"Mrs. Vance? We've been looking for you across three state lines," Agent Miller replied calmly from the other end.
"I'll cooperate fully! I'll wear a wire! Just protect me from Clara Vance; she's going to destroy me!" Elena cried out.
"Clara Vance operates strictly within federal law, Mrs. Vance, unlike your industrial espionage operations," Miller stated flatly.
"If you want to make a deal, you'll need to surrender yourself to federal marshals at the nearest precinct immediately," he added.
"No! You don't understand, they'll put me in a maximum-security cell!" Elena shrieked, her voice cracking hysterically.
"That's your only option left, Elena. Your time is up," Agent Miller said before clicking the call dead.
Elena threw the burner phone against the motel wall, shattering the plastic casing into tiny useless pieces across the floor.
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She curled up on the edge of the dingy bed, weeping uncontrollably as the walls of her ruined world closed in for good.
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