Chapter 13 - The Red Folder

Ronan opened the red folder, revealing dozens of wiretap transcripts, offshore account numbers, and recorded conversations detailing every single bribe Marcus Vance had paid to local officials over the last ten years.
"You thought this vault only held financial ledgers, Marcus?" Ronan said with a cold, victorious smile. "This vault was a trap I built three years ago, waiting for you to breach it."
Marcus’s face drained of all color. "You... you knew I would target this place?"
"I knew you had a rat in my kitchen," Ronan replied, glaring down at Julian on the floor. "I just needed you to personally step inside this room to claim the evidence yourself. The federal prosecutors have been monitoring this feed for the last five minutes."
Outside the building, heavy sirens began blaring through the night sky. Red and blue police lights flashed through the high basement windows as federal agents stormed the upper levels.
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Marcus slumped against the steel table, realizing his entire empire had crumbled in a single hour.
👉 How did Ronan reward the brave cook who changed his life forever?