Chapter 21 - A Chilling Warning Left Inside The Final Envelope
Mr. Harrison’s voice trembled slightly over the encrypted phone line as he read the secondary name printed at the bottom of the registry.
“It’s not your grandfather... and it’s certainly not Evelyn or Ethan,” the attorney whispered into the receiver.
“Then whose name is on the document, Mr. Harrison? Tell me right now!” Sarah demanded, her heart pounding against her ribs.
Before the attorney could speak the name aloud, a sharp knock echoed against the private double doors of her penthouse office.
Sarah spun around in her leather executive chair, watching as the heavy wooden door slowly pushed open from the outside.
Standing in the doorway was a tall, unfamiliar figure wearing a tailored navy pinstripe suit and holding an identical crimson-sealed envelope.
“Happy New Year, Sarah,” a calm, chilling voice echoed through the silent penthouse suite.
“I’ve been waiting twenty years to claim what your grandfather stole from my family.”
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The clock on the wall struck midnight as fireworks exploded across the Manhattan sky, illuminating the stranger’s smiling face.
Sarah stood frozen by her desk, realizing her war for independence had only just begun.
