Chapter 15 - THE POLITICAL NETWORK
Clara and Ethan entered the private vault of the Riggs National Bank in downtown Washington, D.C.
The vault attendant unlocked safety deposit box 412, sliding the heavy steel container onto a oak viewing table.
Clara opened the box to find a digitized encrypted hard drive and a stack of classified government memos.
Ethan plugged the hard drive into his secure laptop, bypassing the secondary biometric security code in minutes.
A massive folder titled "Project Heirloom" appeared on the screen, detailing illegal adoptions across five US states.
Politicians, judges, corporate CEOs, and media moguls were listed as clients who had purchased stolen infants.
"Beatrice wasn't just a client, Clara... she was the chief financial director of this entire network," Ethan gasped in horror.
"She used the Montgomery Trust to launder fifty million dollars through political campaign funds," Clara discovered.
"This hard drive doesn't just destroy Beatrice," Clara realized, looking up with wide, determined eyes.
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"It brings down twenty of the most powerful families in the United States."
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