My Brother Paid Me $200k A Year To Forget What He Did To Our Sister On Sub-Level 4
👉 Previous Decision: You learned about the syndicate loan agreement in Chapter 5, OR about Clara’s preserved logs and Maya’s forced overdose in Chapter 6.
I met Uncle Stefan at a secure diner far from the docklands, the information from Clara and my own grim discovery burning a hole in my resolve. He listened intently, his face growing grimmer with each detail.
When I finished, he sighed, running a hand over his balding head. “It goes deeper, Julian. Deeper than I let on.”
He pulled a small, worn notebook from his jacket pocket, flipping to a page filled with diagrams. “Sub-Level 4. I balance-sheeted its initial construction. Marcus just inherited the operation.”
Stefan slid the notebook across the table. Inside, crude sketches detailed the power grid. “The entire memory grid relies on an unshielded electrical distribution network. Vulnerable. To atmospheric surges. Always has been.”
He handed me a small, heavy piece of metal, a master bypass code to the facility’s high-voltage power room. “This will get you in. It’s the only way to really hit them where it hurts.”
Just as he finished, his phone buzzed. He glanced at the screen, his face draining of color. He stood abruptly, his chair scraping back.
“Marcus,” he said, his voice tight. “He’s retaliating.”
Later that evening, I found the emergency legal papers taped to my apartment door. Marcus had filed to freeze my personal bank accounts, citing ‘irregular financial activity’ tied to family trusts. My $45,000 in savings, gone.
Another notification followed: an eviction lien placed on my apartment, due to ‘undisclosed structural issues’. I was homeless.
A frantic call to Uncle Stefan revealed Marcus hadn’t stopped there. A lien had been placed on Stefan’s small brick house, accusing him of tax evasion related to his old, ‘undeclared’ syndicate bookkeeping.
Marcus wasn’t just protecting his secret; he was systematically dismantling our lives.
Choose your next action
Go directly to Marcus’s private office on the top floor to force a silent confrontation — Read CHAPTER 9 to continue
Head down to the Sub-Level 4 electrical vault during the storm sweeping into Chicago — Read CHAPTER 10 to continue
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