Chapter 7 - The Federal AgentsTwelve federal agents entered the ballroom.
Their footsteps echoed across the marble.
Guests screamed.
Chairs scraped backward.
Phones appeared in dozens of trembling hands.
“Federal agents!”
The lead agent stepped forward.
“Eleanor Vance. Julian Vance. Do not move.”
Julian looked toward the kitchen exit.
For one desperate second, he considered running.
Then he ran.
Two agents intercepted him before he reached the doors.
He was forced against a marble column.
“Get your hands off me!”
The handcuffs snapped shut.
Eleanor stood frozen.
“You have no idea who you're dealing with,” she hissed.
The lead agent stared at her.
“We know exactly who we're dealing with.”
She looked toward Arthur.
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Then toward Maya.
The woman who had spent the evening treating a kitchen worker like dirt suddenly realized that the young woman she had ignored had become the key witness against her.
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