Chapter 8 - The Black Ledger
Malcolm Pierce ran.
His private jet was intercepted before departure after Marcus notified federal authorities about the offshore accounts.
Owen Mercer agreed to cooperate.
Lucas surrendered every document he had signed.
Daniel reconstructed deleted server logs.
The conspiracy became visible piece by piece.
Helena had spent eleven years draining Solmere.
Gideon discovered part of it and initially participated in a cover-up because exposure would have destroyed investor confidence.
Then he tried to reverse course.
My mother learned the truth.
Malcolm falsified debt covenants.
Owen erased access history.
Lucas unknowingly signed false resolutions.
Vanessa had been used as social camouflage.
And I had been converted into Guest Zero.
But one question remained.
How did my mother die?
The official cause had been a sudden cardiac event.
No autopsy.
Helena had advised against one.
I ordered the medical records reopened.
The physician who signed the death certificate was Dr. Simon Reddick.
He had vanished three weeks later.
Daniel found a payment.
$3 million.
From one of Helena’s shell companies.
To Dr. Reddick.
Then another transaction.
$250,000.
To the head of Solmere transportation.
My mother’s driver.
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The investigation was no longer corporate.
It was criminal.
