Chapter 16 - Celestine Turns Against The Powerful Mercer Patriarch Directly
Inside the dim sea cave, Maren unlocked the heavy iron box resting on the damp rock shelf. Inside lay a single, handwritten journal belonging to her late mother, Eleanor Vance.
Maren flipped open the brittle paper pages, reading the frantic ink handwriting under the beam of her flashlight. Eleanor had documented every single crime Viktor Mercer had committed over the past thirty years.
Celestine stood quietly by the cave entrance, holding Elodie's hand while the ocean waves echoed below. "She knew what they were doing to us all along," Maren whispered, tracing her mother's handwriting.
"Your mother was a brave woman who tried to fight them from the inside," Celestine said softly. Maren closed the journal carefully, tucking it safely beneath her arm as she turned to leave.
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As they emerged back into the bright sunlight, a loud commotion erupted near the front estate gates. Additional federal backup vehicles had arrived, escorting a sleek black armored van carrying Viktor's legal counsel.
The corporate hounds were already fighting over the rotting carcass of the multi-billion-dollar shipping empire. But Maren no longer cared about the boardroom battles or the falling stock prices of Wall Street.
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