Chapter 11 - The Secret Vault in the Master Bedroom
Two days after the arrests, Evelyn walked into the master suite accompanied by estate attorney Richard Sterling and a team of forensic locksmiths.
"We ran a thermal scan behind the mahogany wardrobe in Lukas's study," Sterling explained, gesturing toward a heavy oak panel. "There’s a concealed biometric safe built into the foundation wall."
The locksmith spent forty-five minutes bypassing the electronic keypad. With a heavy mechanical click, the steel vault door swung open.
Inside were stacks of offshore cash, unrecorded bearer bonds worth eight million dollars, and a velvet-bound ledger detailing every bribe Lukas had paid over the past three years. But at the very back of the safe sat a small glass vial labeled with a chemical compound.
Evelyn's breath hitched in her throat.
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It was the exact neurotoxin mixture Ingrid had been adding to her tea—a substance designed to simulate rapid early-onset dementia.
👉 Read PART 12 to see how the forensic lab report shattered the defense strategy!
