Chapter 10 - THE SON WHO WANTED THE EMPIREJulian wasn't loyal to Eleanor.
He wanted what remained of the empire.
Offshore accounts.
Private funds.
Foreign properties.
Hundreds of millions of dollars.
He had kidnapped Grace because he believed she was leverage.
Eleanor had promised him a share.
Then she laughed at him.
“You were always the weakest child.”
Julian's face hardened.
“You were never going to give me anything.”
Charles entered the warehouse.
For the first time, he looked defeated.
“I was obedient,” he told Eleanor.
“That is worse,” she replied.
Julian raised his gun.
Eleanor fired first.
The bullet struck his shoulder.
Federal agents stormed the building.
Caroline's children were rescued.
Julian was arrested.
Charles was wounded but alive.
Eleanor was finally captured.
As she passed me, she smiled.
“You think this ends here?”
I said nothing.
At the hospital, Charles offered prosecutors everything.
But he wanted protection.
And one final secret remained.
Eleanor kept a private archive.
The Black Ledger.
It contained every crime the Caldwell family had committed.
Every payoff.
Every threat.
Every murder.
Every person they had destroyed.
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The entrance was beneath the vineyard chapel.
And the key belonged to Julian.
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