Chapter 14 - Maria's Secret Mission
Knowing that digital files alone wouldn't be enough to secure a conviction in front of a skeptical jury, Maria formulated a daring plan.
She needed the physical paper documents locked inside Victoria’s personal wall safe in the main villa study.
Disguised in a standard cleaning service uniform with a baseball cap pulled low, Maria managed to slip past the estate gates unnoticed.
She used her old staff keycard to enter through the kitchen service entrance during the middle of the afternoon staff shift.
The house was eerily quiet, smelling faintly of expensive French polish and lingering tension.
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Her heart hammered against her ribs as she crept down the long, carpeted hallway toward the master study.
Every creak of the floorboard sounded like a gunshot in the silent, imposing mansion.
