Chapter 21 - A Mysterious Black Box Arrives At Her Private Penthouse
Late one quiet Friday evening, while the city lights flickered peacefully outside her luxury Manhattan penthouse, the private elevator chimed. Claire walked down the marble hallway, opened the heavy oak doors, and found a small, unmarked black box resting on a velvet pedestal.
There was no return address or postal stamp, only an embossed metallic seal from an international Swiss bank archive. Claire brought the package inside, placed it on her marble kitchen island, and used a silver letter opener to break the heavy wax seal.
Inside lay an old encrypted flash drive and a handwritten note in ink that made her blood run cold instantly:
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“Claire, Grant and Julian were only hiding the surface... the true founder of Aquila Global Aviation is coming to claim the throne next week.”
Claire slowly raised her eyes toward the dark penthouse glass windows as a pair of black luxury sedans rolled silently up to her building's private driveway...
