Chapter 4 - The Woman Behind the CurtainMargaret Sterling woke the next morning expecting Ethan to return.
He didn't.
Instead, she received a phone call from her attorney.
"Margaret, we have a problem."
Her fingers tightened around her espresso cup.
"What kind?"
"The Sterling family accounts have been frozen."
The cup trembled.
"By whom?"
"Federal authorities."
Margaret stood.
"What?"
Her lawyer continued.
"And someone accessed the offshore transfers."
Margaret's face drained of color.
"That's impossible."
"Apparently not."
She walked toward the window.
Seattle glittered beneath her.
For decades, she had believed power was the ability to control people.
She had controlled lawyers.
Doctors.
Employees.
Business partners.
Even her own son.
But now something had changed.
Ethan was no longer afraid of her.
And that made him dangerous.
She immediately called Vince Miller.
No answer.
Again.
Nothing.
Then a message appeared.
DON'T CALL ME AGAIN.
Margaret stared at the screen.
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For the first time, she understood.
Someone had turned the game against her.
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