Trapped in a Mob Surgical Room with 10 Minutes to Escape His Neighbor's Deadly Trap
👉 Previous Action: You met Nina Alvarez, Arthur’s ex-wife and former financial bookkeeper.
Nina glanced around the diner one last time, then pulled a small, encrypted thumb drive from her purse. She slid it across the worn Formica table. “This contains everything,” she said, her voice barely a whisper. “Detailed ledgers. $1.4 million in off-the-books payments made to Arthur by syndicate fronts. Transactions disguised as ‘consulting fees’ or ‘property management costs.'”
Leo stared at the tiny device. A payment made two days after Clara’s hit-and-run death. It was buried in the files, a specific transfer marked “Project Nightingale.”
“Arthur covered it all up,” Nina continued, her eyes fixed on the drive. “He knew how to make things vanish. People, evidence, money.” She pressed her lips into a thin line. “That’s why he’s so desperate to silence me. Attorney Kress is currently seeking an emergency judicial order to seize my personal bank accounts, claiming I embezzled funds from Arthur’s legitimate businesses. It’s a tactic to force me into silence before I can expose him.”
She pushed the thumb drive closer to Leo. “This is your chance. Our chance. But we need to move fast. Kress won’t stop until I’m locked down or disappeared.”
Leo picked up the drive, feeling the weight of the evidence in his palm. It was raw, unadulterated truth. He could hand it to the police, risk the legal gauntlet ahead, or try to expose Arthur publicly, hoping to shame him into capitulation.
Choose your next action
Hand Nina’s drive directly to Detective Brody at the District Attorney’s office. — Read CHAPTER 13 to continue
Use the drive’s contents to publicly expose Arthur during the annual neighborhood homeowners meeting. — Read CHAPTER 14 to continue
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