2026-11-01 19:34:40Adrian 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. D
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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
Chapter 47: The Man Marcus Feared
Adrian called Marcus back.Voicemail.He tried again. Nothing."Find out where he is," Adrian told Victor. "But don't send anyone to his house until you check with the police."Victor nodded. "What about the payment record?""Keep it safe. Make two copies. One stays with our lawyers, the other goes to the investigator on the case.""And if Marcus is right?"Adrian looked at the handwritten note.HOLD UNTIL RICHARD COLE'S DEATH IS CONFIRMED."Then we find out who wrote it, and why."For years he had believed his uncle was the worst person in the family. Marcus had helped throw him out, taken over Cole Meridian, and let everyone call him a thief.But the note bothered him. Had Marcus helped plan what happened to Richard? Or had someone scared him into going along?He needed answers before he made his next move.His phone rang. Elena."Adrian, you need to see th
Chapter 46: The Name Behind the Payment
Adrian had hardly slept when Victor called."We found something," Victor said. "You need to see it yourself.""Is it about Nathan?""Partly. It might also explain how the last page got to the court."Adrian sat up. "Where are you?""At the office. Elena's here too.""Give me twenty minutes."He hung up and got dressed fast.For years, people had told him his father signed away his rights before he died. His family used that story to explain everything they did. It made Adrian look like a greedy son who couldn't accept the truth.Now the evidence was pointing somewhere else.But Adrian had learned not to trust a clue just because it said what he wanted to hear.He needed proof.---Victor had laid out a pile of records across the meeting table. Elena stood next to a screen showing a payment report."The police traced the rental payment for Nathan's abandoned c
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