Chapter 8 - The Financial Sting
The silence in the ballroom was deafening.
For six months, Marisol Reyes had been working undercover inside the Blackwell estate. After her husband’s death, she had gone back to university, earning her master’s degree in forensic accounting. Caleb had personally hired her to trace $40 million missing from Blackwell Logistics.
Marisol had taken the maid persona so she could freely access accounting files in the private offices without raising suspicion from corrupt board members like Celeste’s father.
“Two days ago, I found the wire transfer records,” Marisol stated, her voice echoing off the glass walls. “Celeste Vale and her father, Richard Vale, have been siphoning millions into offshore accounts in the Cayman Islands.”
At that exact moment, the heavy glass doors of the ballroom swung open.
Four federal agents from the Financial Crimes Unit walked in, followed by two city police officers.
Richard Vale—Celeste’s father, who had been sitting at table four—tried to slip out through the service exit, but two armed guards blocked his path immediately.
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“Victor Vale and Celeste Vale,” the lead federal agent announced, stepping up with a warrant in hand. “You are under arrest for grand larceny, corporate embezzlement, destruction of evidence, and obstruction of justice.”
👉 Celeste shrieked in absolute terror as steel handcuffs clicked tightly around her manicured wrists in front of all her high-society peers!
