Chapter 16

The grand hallway fell into absolute, stunned silence, broken only by the ticking of the grandfather clock. Julian stared at Chloe in complete shock, his mind reeling as the pieces of her mysterious background suddenly clicked into place.
Richard laughed nervously, though beads of sweat instantly formed along his hairline. "FBI? What kind of ridiculous prank is this? Show me a badge!"
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Chloe flipped open the leather folder, revealing an authentic federal shield alongside her official credentials. "You and Dr. Harrison have been systematically funneling trust funds from pediatric clinical trials into offshore shell companies while drugging healthy children to maintain false medical records."
She stepped forward, her dark eyes flashing with lethal professional authority. "The custody petition you just served was signed by a compromised magistrate who is already under federal indictment for bribery."