Chapter 3: Cracks Beneath the Diamonds
Chapter 3: Cracks Beneath the Diamonds
Ten minutes later...
Richard's phone vibrated.
Once.
Twice.
Three times.
He ignored it.
The fourth vibration carried only three words.
CHECK YOUR EMAIL.
His confident smile disappeared.
Excusing himself from the conversation, Richard walked toward the balcony overlooking the gardens.
He opened the message.
Attached were hundreds of internal banking documents.
Every offshore account.
Every forged signature.
Every illegal transfer.
Including the ones only Richard himself knew existed.
At the bottom appeared one sentence.
"Tonight is your last peaceful evening."
Richard looked around frantically.
Across the ballroom...
Evelyn raised her champagne glass.
May you like
Not toward him.
Toward his inevitable collapse.
