Chapter 24 - The Unmarked Envelope
Two weeks after their engagement, another mysterious envelope arrived at Eleanor's private office desk.
It bore no return address, stamped only with a postal sorting code from a small town in upstate New York.
Eleanor opened the envelope with a small silver letter opener, pulling out a single photograph and a handwritten note.
The photograph showed a younger Marcus Vance shaking hands with an unidentified federal official twenty years ago.
The note read: “Marcus was only the middleman. The syndicate that built the offshore accounts is still operating inside Washington.”
Eleanor stared at the photograph, her blood running cold as she realized the corporate conspiracy went far higher than they imagined.
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She slid the note into her desk drawer, picking up her office phone to dial Caleb's direct extension.
"Caleb, we need to talk," she said, her voice dropping into a serious, resolute tone. "The audit wasn't the end of the road."
