Chapter 17 - Federal Investigators Close The Net On Corrupt Front Companies

By Sunday morning, federal marshals had raided every corporate office and offshore account linked to the Vandermark family. The financial heart of the West Side rival organization stopped beating before the stock market even opened.
News stations broadcasted the massive corruption scandal across every major American network. The Harrington name was cleared of any wrongdoing, framed instead as the victim of an elaborate corporate conspiracy.
I watched the morning news from the ancestral study while drinking black coffee in absolute silence. The house no longer felt like a tomb; it felt like a fortress reclaimed by its rightful bloodline.