All Chapters of The Hidden Billionaire : Chapter 171
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CHAPTER 171
Victor Langeston West immediately stared at Nanny Louis and replied almost immediately."She stays hidden until we're ready to move," Victor Langeston West immediately said."Once we start filing lawsuits, submitting evidence to authorities, going public with accusations at that point, her safety actually increases because she becomes a known quantity. Right now, while everything is secret, she's vulnerable. But once it's public, killing her serves no purpose. The evidence is out there, she's testified, the damage is done.""Unless they kill her for revenge," Mr. Freeman pointed out darkly."Which is why we'll arrange protection for her when the time comes," Victor said. "Safe house, security detail, everything necessary. But first, we need to verify her evidence and build our cases. We can't protect her effectively until we're ready to act, and we can't act until we know exactly what we're working with."He immediately looked at each of them in turn. "I won't lie to you. This is dang
CHAPTER 172
"Master West…" Peterson immediately interrupted."It's actually about Ms Abigail Clark." Peterson immediately said, his voice reeking with shock and bewilderment.Victor Langeston West immediately sat up from his bed, his laptop still in his hand, the research documents about dismantling the Hartwell empire suddenly seeming insignificant compared to whatever news Peterson was bringing. His heart had already begun to accelerate, that primal instinct that warned of danger before the conscious mind could fully process what was happening."What about her?" Victor Langeston West asked, his voice tight with sudden apprehension. A cold dread was already beginning to form in the pit of his stomach, the kind of premonition that came from having spent too many years surrounded by danger and loss. It was the same feeling he'd had the night his father died, the same sick certainty that something terrible had happened and his life was about to change forever."Did something bad happen to her?" Vic
CHAPTER 173
"Read it," Peterson urged, his voice breaking slightly. "Read what they're saying about her, Master West. Read the lies they're already spreading. See how they're trying to control the narrative, to shape public perception before anyone can ask the real questions."Victor Langeston West forced his eyes to focus on the text below the headline, made himself read even though every instinct was screaming at him to throw the paper away, to refuse to accept what it was telling him. His eyes tracked across the lines of print, each sentence landing like a physical blow.Abigail Clark, 34, an investigative journalist previously employed by the Metropolitan Tribune before her dismissal last year, was discovered early this morning in a motel room on the outskirts of the city, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Police report that Ms. Clark was found by motel staff during a routine room check after she failed to respond to wake-up calls.Multiple gunshot wounds.Not one shot fired in panic du