Chapter 9 - Security Footage Exposes The Traitor Inside The Ballroom
Before Eleanor could process the betrayal of her closest relatives, the laptop screen chimed with an incoming security alert.
A secondary encrypted file on the flash drive automatically initiated playback of a high-definition surveillance recording.
The video timestamp showed the exact night ten years ago when her father’s safe was broken into in the Manhattan townhouse.
A figure in a dark tuxedo stepped out from the shadows of the study, wearing a familiar silver signet ring on his finger.
The camera angle shifted, capturing the face of the intruder clearly beneath the warm study lamps.
Eleanor gasped, covering her mouth with her trembling hands as she recognized the man standing near the terrace doors.
It wasn't just Uncle Marcus or Sarah; it was Robert Vance—Lucas’s own father, who had supposedly died of natural causes.
Lucas stared at the screen, his face turning deathly pale as the ultimate truth of their interconnected families was revealed.
“My father helped orchestrate your family's downfall,” Lucas whispered, his voice hollow and broken by the revelation.
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Eleanor looked at Lucas, the anger she felt earlier instantly transforming into a deep, agonizing confusion.
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