Chapter 7 - THE DRIVER Finally Started TalkingDerek Shaw was arrested two days later on an unrelated warrant involving falsified security invoices.
Once detectives began asking about my crash, his story changed.
First, he claimed the collision was accidental.
Then investigators showed him the second camera angle.
Derek requested a lawyer.
Twelve hours later, he offered cooperation.
He admitted Luca had contacted him.
But Luca had never explicitly ordered him to kill me.
The instruction was subtler.
“Scare her.”
Force my car into a minor collision.
Make me miss a meeting scheduled for the following morning.
A meeting Luca did not want me attending.
The plan had gone catastrophically wrong.
Derek lost control.
Instead of frightening me, he nearly killed me.
The revelation created another mystery.
“What meeting?” I asked Rachel.
She placed a calendar entry in front of me.
Friday, 9:00 a.m.
STERLING FOUNDATION — AUDIT REVIEW.
I remembered immediately.
My late father had established a family investment trust.
I controlled a significant portion of the capital that had helped Luca expand Vance Harbor.
The Friday meeting concerned irregular withdrawals.
Luca knew I planned to attend.
If the audit exposed unauthorized transactions, he could lose millions.
Suddenly, the affair was no longer the center of the story.
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Money was.
And according to Rachel, nearly eighteen million dollars could not be accounted for.
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