Chapter 6 - Unearthing the Sabotage
With the help of an independent forensic investigator, I spent forty-eight hours dissecting the paper trail behind Apex Properties. What I found was a web of shell companies designed to siphon assets from vulnerable tenants while framing high-level executives for embezzlement.
The ultimate beneficiary of those shell companies wasn't an outside competitor.
It was Richard Vance.
My uncle had been orchestrating the hostile takeover of Apex to cover up a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme, using my hotel chain as a laundering vehicle. Anna’s late sister had discovered the ledger, which was why her accounts were frozen and her family targeted for displacement.
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"He tried to destroy you to save himself," Anna realized as we reviewed the printouts at my home desk while Samuel and Sophia slept down the hall.
"He underestimated how far I would go to protect what matters," I said, looking at her. "And he underestimated you."
