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CHAPTER 53: THE SECOND PAYMENT
Adrian had spent eight years following money. Now it was leading him to a man who had run away twice.Marcus Cole had taken a thin brown folder and vanished. The police were looking for him, but no one knew where he was.Adrian stood in Victor's office. He was looking at the torn payment sheet from Marcus's old office."Can we trace the account?" he asked.Victor fixed his glasses. "It belongs to Redmont Advisory. But the money went through a legal services account first. Then it went to Marcus's debt account.""So we need to find out who ran the middle account.""That's what I'm trying to do." Victor put another paper on the desk. "The bank kept the payment instructions. We can ask for the full records the legal way.""How long will that take?""A few hours if they help. Longer if they don't."Adrian looked at the clock. "Then let's give them a reason to help."---By noon, Victor had set up
Chapter 52: The Price of Silence
Adrian's phone rang again."Have you found Marcus?""Not yet," the officer said. "His taxi was seen near his old office. We're looking there.""Why would he go there?""We don't know."Adrian hung up and grabbed his coat.Victor stood. "I'm coming.""Tell the police where we're going. We don't go in until they're there."In the car, Adrian called Marcus. No answer. He called again. Voicemail.He was angry. But under the anger was something else.Fear.Marcus had just said Redmont paid his debts. He had said Voss brought him papers after Richard died. If Marcus vanished now, the truth might vanish with him.Two police cars were already outside the old office.An officer met them at the door. "We found his taxi. The driver left him here about forty minutes ago. He hasn't come out.""Have you been inside?" Victor asked."Not yet. We're waiting for the bui
Chapter 51: What Marcus Was Paid
Adrian put his phone on the table.The message was still on the screen.Ask Marcus what he got in return.For years, he had thought Marcus took over Cole Meridian because he wanted power. Maybe that was true. But this message said there was more.Something Marcus had never told him."Call Marcus," he told Victor.Victor tried twice. No answer."Send him a text," Adrian said. "Say we need to talk about the payments. Don't tell him about the message."Victor sent it.Adrian looked at Elena. "What about the old register?""The police are taking it to a safe room. We can't touch it until they write down what shape it's in.""Good. I don't want a fight about missing pages. I want a clear record of what's there.""And Peter Shaw?""He's still at the clinic. Police are guarding him. The doctor says he may talk later. Nobody should push him now."For once, Adrian did
Chapter 50: The Signature That Lied
Adrian read the recovered line one more time.The final page was released under the authority of Marcus Cole, acting on written instructions from Graham Voss.If it was true, Marcus had done more than he'd told them.If it was false, someone was trying to turn Adrian against his own uncle.Either way, he needed Peter Shaw."Have the police found him?" he asked Victor."Not yet. They're checking the roads and the places he used to go.""Tell them to check hospitals too. If someone put him in a car by force, he could be hurt."Victor made the call.Adrian turned to Elena. She had come to the office to help."Can you get a copy of the draft?""Victor has it. But remember, it's only a draft. We don't know if Shaw wrote it, or if somebody changed it.""I know. I want to compare it to his court statement."Elena opened both on her laptop.The statement Shaw gave th
Chapter 49: The Man Who Disappeared
"Find Peter Shaw before they shut him up."Adrian's words followed Victor out of Marcus's house.Within minutes, Victor had called the police. Officers went to Shaw's office and his home. Another team checked the nearby roads and train stations.Adrian stayed with Marcus until the ambulance crew finished looking him over."You're coming with us," Adrian said.Marcus looked up. "Where?""Somewhere the police can keep you safe.""I don't need your help.""Someone broke into your house and hit you in the head. They took a paper and left a note about moving a witness. You can argue with me after we find out who sent them."Marcus had nothing to say to that.The officers helped him up. He grabbed Adrian's arm."If you find Shaw, don't let him talk to Voss alone.""Why?""Because Voss never fixes a problem himself. He sends someone else."Adrian held his eyes.
Chapter 48: The Witness in the Dark
Adrian got to Marcus's house before the police were done closing off the street.Two officers stood by the front gate. A third was talking to a neighbor across the road.He got out of the car. "Where's Marcus?""Inside," an officer said. "He's alive. He has a cut on his head, but someone is looking at it."Adrian let out a breath. He hadn't known he was holding it."Did you catch the guy?""No. He ran out the back gate before we got here.""Did he take anything?""We're still checking."An officer walked him inside.Marcus sat in a chair in the living room. He held a bandage to the side of his head. His face was gray. A lamp lay broken on the floor, and papers were all over the table.He tried to stand when he saw Adrian."Don't. Sit."Marcus didn't listen at first. Then he sat back down."I thought he was going to kill me.""Who?""I never saw
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