Chapter 5 - The Informant’s Ledger
That night, the old Ford truck Khloe had used during her initial escape—which Pops had secretly towed back to their hidden garage—was stripped down to its bare frame. Hidden inside the lining of the spare tire compartment, Pops discovered a waterproof ledger that Derek had hidden months prior.
The ledger contained a meticulous record of off-the-books wire transfers, names of corrupt law enforcement officials, and access credentials for Derek's offshore holdings.
"This is the nail in Lawson's coffin," Brick declared, turning the pages alongside the club's legal team.
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Khloe sat beside them, systematically identifying names, dates, and locations she had overheard during her months of isolation in Derek's house. Her sharp memory and insider knowledge transformed the raw data into an ironclad federal case.
"With this evidence," the federal prosecutor assigned to the case remarked over a secure link, "Derek Lawson will never see daylight outside a federal penitentiary again."
