Chapter 9 - The Missing MillionMarcus followed the financial trail.
The hidden trust contained nearly eighteen million dollars.
Money that had never appeared on any public family record.
But someone had been trying to access it.
Three attempts.
All made after Valeria's marriage to Julian.
Julian felt sick.
She hadn't simply wanted the family fortune.
She had known about the hidden money.
"How?"
Marcus looked at him.
"Someone inside the family told her."
Julian froze.
There were only a handful of people who knew.
Eleanor.
Julian.
His father before his death.
And one other person.
Clara.
Julian immediately became suspicious.
He watched her carefully.
Clara noticed.
"You don't trust me."
"I don't know what to believe."
She nodded.
"Then investigate me."
Marcus did.
Her background was clean.
Perfectly clean.
Almost too clean.
Then they discovered something unexpected.
Clara had once worked at a private clinic in Miami.
A patient there had used the name "Valeria Whitmore."
But the records were sealed.
Clara's face changed when she saw the file.
"I never knew her."
Julian believed her.
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But the question remained.
Why had Valeria used a false identity?
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