Chapter 5 - The RecordingEleanor recovered first.
“She is lying!”
Her voice echoed across the ballroom.
“She wants attention. She probably planted that thing herself!”
Maya flinched.
Julian stepped forward.
“My mother is right. This girl could have planted it.”
Arthur's eyes narrowed.
“Maya.”
She looked at him.
“How did you know?”
Maya slowly removed the recording device from her apron.
“I heard Mrs. Vance talking to someone near the pantry.”
She pressed play.
At first there was only static.
Then Eleanor's unmistakable voice emerged.
“Make certain he never reaches the courtroom tomorrow.”
A collective gasp swept through the ballroom.
The recording continued.
“Use the access key. No mistakes.”
Eleanor stared at the device as though it had become a weapon pointed directly at her.
Arthur didn't move.
Julian's confidence disappeared.
“That device...” he whispered.
Maya looked at him.
“What?”
He recognized the corporate engraving.
The recording device belonged to the Vance organization.
And suddenly Julian understood.
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His mother had not merely made a mistake.
She had left a trail.
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