Chapter 3 — The Empire Begins to Fall

Morning headlines exploded across America.
BILLIONAIRE HEIR DETAINED AFTER MUSEUM LOCKDOWN
Then another.
SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE EXPOSES ASSAULT... AND MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR ART THEFT
Stock markets opened.
Holloway Holdings immediately lost billions in market value.
Investors fled.
Banks froze credit lines.
Board members resigned one after another.
Then federal investigators uncovered years of hidden crimes.
Bribed judges.
Illegal campaign donations.
Money laundering through charitable foundations.
Stolen historical artifacts sold overseas.
Everything connected back to one family.
The Holloways.
Grant watched the news from an interrogation room.
"This is impossible."
His attorney quietly closed his briefcase.
"I represent innocent people."
He stood.
"I'm no longer your lawyer."
Grant looked toward the glass.
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For the first time in his privileged life...
Nobody came to rescue him.