Chapter 4 - The Written Warning
Julian unprinted the folded letter, his eyes sweeping across his dead wife's handwriting.
My darling Julian, the letter began, the ink fading into yellow parchment. If you are reading this, it means I am already gone, and our sweet Leo was brave enough to give you the key.
I don't have much time. Victoria knows I discovered the truth about your father's death. She did not let him die of natural illness, Julian. She systematically poisoned his medication over two years to seize control of Vance Enterprises.
Julian’s breath hitched. His late father had passed away suddenly four years ago, leaving eighty percent of the family conglomerate under Victoria’s temporary stewardship until Julian turned thirty-five.
Tonight, Victoria realized I found the altered medical reports in her study, the letter continued. She gave me a choice: sign a voluntary surrender of Leo’s inheritance and disappear forever, or face the consequences. I am hiding this box under the floorboards while her guards search the garden.
She thinks I am running to the train station. But I know she will never let me leave this estate alive. Check the micro-cassette recorder inside this box. It holds her voice.
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Julian lowered the letter, a tear falling onto the paper. He turned slowly toward the cassette recorder resting inside the steel container.
👉 What chilling words recorded on the tape will reveal Evelyn's final moments?
