Chapter 5 - The Poison in the Wine
Vanessa backed out of the waterfront mansion that afternoon, but the humiliation burned through her veins like poison. Her family’s influence over the shipping ports was vast, and she was not a woman who accepted defeat lightly.
Two days later, Vanessa summoned a secret meeting at an upscale restaurant in downtown Miami with Marcus’s rival underboss, Hector Vance.
"Marcus has lost his mind over a low-class nanny," Vanessa spat, sipping her red wine with trembling hands. "He’s giving her authority over the estate’s private vaults and his late wife’s trust fund."
Hector Vance, a scarred man in his late 40s, leaned back in his leather chair with a dark grin. "If Marcus elevates a civilian, he breaks the syndicate charter. The council won't accept a nobody as the matriarch."
"We don't need the council," Vanessa whispered venomously. "We just need to make sure the nanny disappears—and that Marcus thinks she stole his family's offshore ledgers before she ran."
Vanessa pulled a heavy black USB drive from her designer handbag and slid it across the white tablecloth toward Hector.
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"This drive contains the encrypted access codes to the estate’s private safe in the study," Vanessa lied smoothly. "I planted Grace’s fingerprints on the drive yesterday. Once you drain the account, Marcus will hunt her down himself."
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