Chapter 19 - The QuestionArthur read the letter in silence.
His expression changed.
Maya noticed immediately.
“You know something.”
Arthur looked toward the ocean.
“I hoped you would never have to know.”
“Know what?”
He slowly opened a locked drawer.
Inside was an old black file.
The label had faded with time.
STERLING SHIPPING — CONFIDENTIAL
Maya stared at it.
“What is this?”
Arthur hesitated.
“Something I should have told you years ago.”
Before he could continue, a car stopped outside the estate.
Thomas entered quickly.
His face was pale.
“We have a problem.”
Arthur looked up.
“What happened?”
Thomas placed a photograph on the desk.
It showed the old Vance headquarters.
But someone had painted a symbol across the front wall.
The same symbol appeared in Maya's anonymous letter.
Maya felt a chill move down her spine.
May you like
The Vance empire was gone.
Yet someone else was still watching.
