Chapter 14 - THE MOLE'S CONFESSION
In a federal interrogation room downtown, Richard Sterling sat sweating beneath the harsh fluorescent lights.
Agent Vance pushed a glass of water across the table, leaning forward with a cold, unforgiving expression.
"If you cooperate right now, Richard, the prosecutor might leave you with a chance at parole in thirty years," Vance threatened.
Richard wiped his brow with a shaking hand, taking a desperate gulp of water.
"Thorne isn't working alone!" Richard confessed frantically. "He's backed by an international cartel out of Chicago!"
"Who is running the Chicago cell?" Vance demanded, tapping his pen on his official notepad.
"A woman named Julianna... Marcus's former wife!" Richard blurted out, dropping a bombshell that rocked the investigation.
Agent Vance froze, instantly connecting the final piece of the terrifying domestic puzzle.
Julianna Vance had vanished three years ago after losing legal custody of twin boys Leo and Toby.
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She had faked her identity, aligned with Thorne, and financed the entire assault to take back her sons.
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