Chapter 11 - The Last Card
The trial preparation moved with terrifying speed over the next three months.
With Michael’s recorded confession and the electronic records from Anna’s journal, the Vance family empire dissolved.
Harrison Vance was indicted on enterprise corruption and attempted murder charges.
Evelyn faced life without parole for child endangerment, conspiracy, and murder.
Yet, as the final pretrial hearing approached, one piece of the puzzle remained dangerously unaccounted for.
Claire Vance was still at large, somewhere out there in the world with access to the remaining encrypted offshore reserves.
I stood in Lily’s nursery, packing her clothes into a small suitcase for a temporary relocation to a secure facility.
My phone rang from an unknown, untraceable private number.
I answered it, placing it on speaker while signaling to the officer guarding the hallway.
"Hello, Daniel," Claire’s calm, icy voice echoed through the speaker.
"You think you've won because they put Michael and Evelyn in cages?"
"Where are you, Claire?" I asked, keeping my tone completely level.
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"I'm standing outside Lily’s private elementary school," she whispered.
"And I have a small package to deliver before I leave the country forever."
