Chapter 10 - Financial Records Show An Unexplained Multi Million Transfer
Back at the Plaza Hotel suite, Alexander sat before the glass coffee table with his laptop glowing in the dark. He had bypassed the corporate firewall, accessing the encrypted backup drives his mother had hidden in her private vault.
Line after line of complex financial data scrolled across the screen, detailing years of fraudulent asset transfers. Millions of dollars had been quietly siphoned out of the Vance shipping trust into offshore accounts in Zurich and the Cayman Islands.
The primary authorization signature on every single illegal wire transfer belonged to one person: Evelyn Sterling. And co-signing every fraudulent document as corporate trustee was none other than his cousin, Julian Vance.
Alexander slammed his fist against the wooden coffee table, rattling the teacups and startling Maya awake on the sofa. "I'm sorry, Maya, go back to sleep," Alexander murmured soothingly, running a hand through his hair.
The conspiracy ran deeper than he ever imagined, reaching into the highest levels of the corporate board and federal regulators. They hadn't just stolen money; they had systematically erased an entire branch of the family to protect their greed.
Maya rolled over, clutching her velvet box tightly against her chest as she drifted back into a peaceful sleep. Alexander pulled his phone from the sofa, dialing the only person in New York he still trusted completely.
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The call connected after three rings, answered by Marcus Vance, his aging grandfather and former company founder. "Alexander? Do you know what time it is?" Marcus's tired voice crackled through the speaker.
"Grandfather, get up," Alexander ordered coldly. "We need to talk about what really happened to Eleanor."
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