Chapter 14 - Vanessa Plans A Desperate Escape To A Foreign Country
Across town in a luxury downtown penthouse, Vanessa watched the midday news broadcast covering her father’s sudden arrest.
Panic set in like a freezing wave as she realized her entire support network had collapsed in less than twelve hours.
She opened her wall safe behind an oil painting, pulling out stacks of bearer bonds, emergency passports, and cash.
If she couldn't control the Cole empire through marriage, she would liquidate what she could and flee across the ocean.
She dialed a private aviation charter service in Teterboro, her voice shaking with urgent, demanding desperation.
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“This is Vanessa Kensington. I need a Gulfstream fueled and ready for a one-way flight to Zurich within the hour.”
“I’m sorry, Ms. Kensington, but all private departures out of the tri-state area have been grounded by federal aviation authorities.”
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