Chapter 7 - THE WOMAN BEHIND THE EMPIRE
Eleanor had controlled everything.
Charles signed.
Eleanor commanded.
She had bribed officials.
Buried police reports.
Threatened witnesses.
Ordered surveillance on my family.
And instructed Adrian to marry me.
But there was more.
She had planned to destroy the Halcyon Tower once the evidence became dangerous.
Then the media attacked Lydia.
They called her a criminal.
A blackmailer.
A liar.
They attacked my father too.
So I went public.
Standing outside San Francisco City Hall, I faced the cameras.
“My husband's family believes violence creates silence.”
I touched the scar near my temple.
“They were wrong.”
I exposed the files.
The bank transfers.
The recordings.
The property strategy.
The evidence surrounding my father's death.
Then a man rushed through the crowd.
He carried an envelope from Julian.
Inside was a storage receipt.
Rebecca Sloan.
A hidden investigator.
A second copying system.
A second drive.
And a warning.
DO NOT TRUST THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
Minutes later, Lydia's phone sent me two words.
May you like
THEY FOUND US.
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