Chapter 7 - The Confrontation In The Dark
He didn't even notice the cold water soaking into his expensive Italian leather shoes as he stared at me in total, paralyzed horror.
“How… how did you get into that safe?” Julian whispered, his face turning the color of milk beneath the ambient desk light.
“I used the master code you wrote inside your leather journal, Julian,” I replied, taking a small USB drive from my desk.
“The same journal where you recorded the password to the secondary Swiss bank account in Zurich.”
Julian took a sudden, aggressive step toward me, his hands raising as if he intended to physically grab the USB drive from my hand.
“Give that to me, Sarah!” Julian yelled, his voice cracking into a high-pitched, desperate shriek. “You’re going to destroy us all!”
Before he could reach me, I pulled a small, high-powered stun device from my drawer, pressing the activation switch once.
A bright blue arc of electrical current snapped through the air with a terrifying, high-frequency crackle that filled the room.
Julian leaped backward, tumbling over his own feet and crashing heavily onto his back against the bookshelf behind him.
“Don't ever step toward me again, Julian,” I warned, my voice dropping into that lethal, icy tone that left zero room for negotiation.
“You thought you married a quiet, obedient Ohio girl who would serve your family and take the blame for your federal crimes.”
“You forgot that my father was an engineer who taught me how to analyze structural weaknesses before I was ten years old.”
“And your family’s entire empire, Julian, is built on a foundation of rotten wood and forged signatures.”
Julian lay on the floor, breathing heavily, clutching his chest as tears of pure, pathetic terror finally began to stream down his face.
“What do you want, Sarah?” Julian sobbed, looking up at me like a beaten dog. “What is it going to take for you not to send those files?”
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I looked down at him, holding the USB drive tightly in my right hand as the rain continued to beat against the glass behind me.
“I want everything,” I said simply.
