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Chapter 92
FBI agents were entering the diner now, led by Agent Rodriguez. But his expression was grim, conflicted. He approached the booth slowly."Chris, I need you to come with me," Rodriguez said. "Martinez has issued orders for your arrest. You're wanted for questioning in connection with the warehouse attack.""Rodriguez, Martinez is corrupt," Chris said. "She's The Benefactor. She's been running the Consortium.""I know," Rodriguez said quietly, shocking everyone. "I've known for months. I've been gathering my own evidence against her. But Chris, you can't just run. You have to do this legally. Come in, make a formal statement, let proper investigators handle it.""Proper investigators report to Martinez," Chris pointed out. "She controls the system.""Not all of it," Rodriguez said. "There are people in Justice Department who've been watching her. People who suspect but can't prove anything. Chris, your evidence combined with what I have, it might be enough. But only if we do this right.
Chapter 91
"She's bluffing," Marcus said, but he didn't sound confident. "There's no way she could have tracked us here.""She's FBI," Chris said bitterly. "She has resources we don't even know about. Of course she tracked us."He moved to the window and looked out carefully. The street below appeared empty, but Chris had learned that appearances meant nothing. Martinez's people could be anywhere, watching, waiting."We need to get this evidence out immediately," Marcus said, frantically copying files to multiple drives. "Send it to journalists, upload it online, make it impossible for Martinez to suppress.""She'll claim it's fabricated," Chris said. "Deepfakes, edited videos, forged documents. Without corroboration, it's just more accusations that go nowhere.""Then we get corroboration," Marcus insisted. "There are other people who know what Martinez is. Other operatives she's worked with. We find them, get them to testify.""They'll be too scared," Chris said. "Or already dead. Martinez does
Chapter 90
They ran through the warehouse, bullets chasing them, explosions collapsing sections of the building behind them. Marcus moved with professional efficiency, clearly trained for exactly this situation.They reached the loading bay and Marcus triggered a hidden door Chris had never known existed. A tunnel, similar to the one in his father's mansion."Your father built these all over the city," Marcus explained as they descended into darkness. "Escape routes for exactly this kind of situation. He knew someday the Consortium might come for him."They ran through the tunnel, emergency lighting providing dim illumination. Behind them, the sounds of pursuit echoed."Who is The Benefactor?" Chris asked as they ran. "Just tell me.""You're not ready to hear it," Marcus said. "You won't believe me. Just like I said on the phone, you have to discover it yourself.""Stop with the cryptic nonsense," Chris demanded. "If you really want to help, give me a name."Marcus stopped running and turned to
Chapter 89
Chris spent the rest of the day wrestling with the decision. Every instinct screamed that another midnight meeting at an abandoned warehouse was a trap. But the voice on the phone had sounded genuine. Desperate even.And the claim that his father's real killer was still free gnawed at him.Martinez tried to talk him out of going. "Chris, this is exactly how people get killed. Mysterious voices, vague promises, isolated locations. Every red flag is waving.""Then come with me," Chris said. "Set up surveillance like last time.""Last time you went to meet someone mysterious, your wife tried to kidnap you and nearly killed you both in a car crash," Martinez reminded him. "Maybe we should try a different approach.""What approach?" Chris asked. "Ignore the call and hope whoever has information about my father's death just gives up and goes away?""Or it's someone trying to lure you into danger," Rodriguez added. "Chris, you've exposed the Architect, destroyed the Consortium, and made doze
Chapter 88
Chris wanted to say no. Wanted to deny any feelings for this woman who'd destroyed his life. But he couldn't lie, not about this."Yes," he admitted quietly. "I hate that I do. I hate that after everything, some stupid part of me still loves you. But I can't turn it off. Can't make it go away."Vera smiled sadly. "Good. That means it was real. That means we really did have something genuine, even if it was buried under layers of lies and manipulation. Chris, I'm going to spend the rest of my life in custody. But I'll spend that time knowing that for three years, I was actually loved. Actually had something real. That's more than someone like me deserves.""Stop trying to make this romantic," Chris said. "You're a criminal. You killed people. You destroyed lives. Love doesn't erase that.""I know," Vera said. "But it makes it bearable. For both of us. Chris, you're going to move on. You're going to find someone else eventually. Someone who actually deserves you. And when you do, I want
Chapter 87
Chris stood up abruptly. "I'm done listening to philosophy. If your list is accurate, if the flash drive really contains what you claim, then maybe you'll get your reduced sentence. But George, don't expect me to sympathize with you or Vera or anyone else involved in this nightmare. You all made choices. You're all responsible.""Even Vera?" George asked. "Even someone who was five years old when the conditioning started? Someone who never consented to being turned into what she became?"Chris didn't answer because he didn't have an answer. He left the interrogation room with the flash drive and the list, his mind churning with new information he didn't want to process.Martinez was waiting outside. "How did it go?""He gave me a list of names and a flash drive he claims contains proof he worked with my father," Chris said. "We need to verify everything before we act on any of it.""Already on it," Martinez said, taking both items. "We'll have forensic analysts examine the flash drive
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