2026-11-01 19:33:32Adrian 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 u
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CHAPTER 55: THE WITNESS IN ROOM 12
Adrian got to the hospital before sunrise.Two police officers stood outside Room 12. A nurse had told Detective Harris the hurt man was stable, but he still hadn't woken up."Do we know who he is?" Adrian asked.Harris shook his head."They're checking his fingerprints. He had no wallet. But he had a photo in his pocket. It shows him with you and your dad."Adrian knew the photo without seeing it. It was an old family picture, from before his life fell apart."Can I see him?""Not yet. The doctor's with him."Adrian looked through the small window in the door.The man lay still under a white sheet. His face was swollen. A bandage covered part of his forehead.He looked older than Adrian remembered.But Adrian had learned not to trust what he saw. Too many people had hidden behind fake names and made-up stories."What happened to him?" Adrian asked."We found him near the hospita
CHAPTER 54: WHAT THE KEY UNLOCKED
The police had found the car that belonged to Graham Voss.But Graham was gone.At 6:40 that morning, Adrian stood in a police station, watching a traffic camera video on a computer. It showed a dark car leaving the bus station twenty minutes before Marcus Cole's bag was found.The plate matched Graham's car.The camera angle hid the driver's face."Where did the car go?" Adrian asked.Detective Harris paused the video."We tracked it to an underground car park three streets away. Someone left it there. The owner said it was stolen last night.""Did anyone see who left it?""One worker remembers a man with a brown folder. He can't say who it was."Adrian looked at the frozen picture.Marcus had a brown folder when he vanished. A folder like that had gone missing from his old office too.But that didn't prove Marcus was in the car."Can we search it?" Adrian asked."We alre
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
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