Chapter 10 - The Woman Who Refused to Be BrokenBack in California, Sophie sat beside her mother on the beach.
The Pacific stretched endlessly before them.
Clara looked different now.
The fear that had lived behind her eyes for decades was finally disappearing.
“You saved me,” Clara whispered.
Sophie shook her head.
“We saved each other.”
Clara smiled.
But Sophie wasn't celebrating.
She was thinking about Julian.
He had disappeared after the arrests.
No explanation.
No message.
Nothing.
That worried her.
Later that night, Sophie received a package.
Inside was a small silver key.
And a handwritten note.
You stopped Arthur. But you haven't seen everything he left behind.
There was no signature.
Sophie stared at the key.
Then she noticed something engraved on it.
May you like
A number.
17.
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Chapter 11 - Room SeventeenThe key belonged to an abandoned storage facility outside Los Angeles.
Chapter 12 - The Buried LegacyJulian explained what he had discovered.
Chapter 13 - The Last FortuneThe investigation uncovered one final hidden fortune.
Chapter 14 - The AttackThe danger returned without warning.
Chapter 15 - The Final ConspiracyJulian discovered the accomplice.
Chapter 16 - The Empty ThroneMonths passed.
