Chapter 5 - Blood in the Water
The boardroom erupted into chaos. Eleanor demanded her legal counsel, Camille frantically attempted to wipe her tablet’s cloud storage, and federal agents stood by the exits to ensure no documents left the room.
Julian grabbed Marcus by the collar in the hallway, his voice trembling with desperation. “Where is she, Marcus? Tell me where she is. I don’t care about the company. I don’t care about the shares. I need to see my wife. I need to see my child.”
Marcus peeled Julian’s hands off his lapels with cold precision. “You don’t have a wife, Julian. You had an alibi. You had a quiet, loyal shield that allowed you to play billionaire while your mother and your mistress committed corporate homicide.”
Marcus leaned in, his voice dropping to a harsh whisper. “Did you ever wonder why your father’s brake lines failed eight years ago? Did you ever look into the offshore dummy company that bought out the transport firm responsible for the truck that crossed the median?”
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Julian went pale. “No... my mother told me it was an unavoidable tragedy.”
“Your mother bought Camille Laurent’s father’s bankrupt logistics company three weeks before that accident,” Marcus said, pulling a single printed receipt from his inner pocket. “Nora didn’t just leave you because you cheated. She left because staying under your roof meant sleeping beside the monsters who murdered her father.”
