Chapter 5 - The Man in the Prison GlassRockland State Maximum Security Penitentiary was cold enough to make the air feel metallic.
Vanessa sat behind reinforced glass in an orange prison uniform.
Across from her sat Victor Sterling.
He looked immaculate.
Expensive suit.
Gold watch.
Perfectly controlled smile.
“You let him destroy everything,” Vanessa hissed.
Victor barely reacted.
“Leo Vance won one battle.”
Vanessa leaned toward the glass.
“He froze my accounts.”
“He can freeze accounts.”
Victor adjusted his cufflink.
“He cannot freeze the past.”
Then Victor revealed his plan.
Through a maze of shell corporations, he had purchased disputed debt connected to the land beneath 42 Meridian Lane.
He planned to challenge the property.
Force an eviction.
Destroy Leo financially.
And if that failed...
He would destroy him personally.
Vanessa stared at him.
“You’re going after Martha again?”
Victor smiled.
“Every fortress has a weakness.”
Outside the prison, the sky was gray.
Inside, Vanessa slowly smiled.
May you like
The nightmare was not over.
It was only changing shape.
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