Chapter 16 - Beneath the MansionClara returned with investigators.
Behind a hidden panel in Eleanor's private office, they found a staircase.
It descended beneath the mansion.
The basement was enormous.
Concrete walls.
Steel doors.
Old servers.
Boxes of documents.
Photographs.
Bank records.
And one locked room.
Inside was a wall covered with photographs.
Politicians.
Businessmen.
Judges.
Lawyers.
Foreign officials.
People who had attended Eleanor's parties.
People who had smiled beside her.
People who had benefited from Sterling money.
Clara stared in horror.
Eleanor had not merely been corrupt.
She had been collecting leverage.
Blackmail.
Secrets.
Insurance.
Marcus had been investigating the network surrounding those people.
And now Clara had found the map.
Then the lights went out.
A voice echoed from the darkness.
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“You shouldn't have come back.”
Clara froze.
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