Chapter 2: The Hidden Safe
Chapter 2: The Hidden Safe
That evening, investigators returned to Arthur Sterling's mansion.
Clara asked one question.
"Can I show you Daddy's office?"
Inside the enormous library stood hundreds of books.
Old leather bindings.
Family photographs.
Awards.
Nothing unusual.
Until Clara walked directly to a dusty globe.
She spun it exactly three times.
Click.
A bookshelf slid sideways.
Everyone stared.
Behind it...
A hidden room.
Detective Brooks whispered,
"My God..."
Inside sat rows of locked filing cabinets.
Servers still blinking.
Stacks of confidential documents.
Arthur had been collecting evidence for years.
Evidence against his own company.
One cabinet contained only one label.
BOARD MEMBERS
Another.
PAYOFFS
Another.
PROJECT NIGHTFALL
No one knew what Project Nightfall meant.
Yet.
Then Brooks opened Arthur's desk.
Inside rested a sealed envelope.
May you like
Across the front...
If anything happens to me... trust Clara.
