Chapter 14 - The Underworld
Lila smiled a hollow, bitter smile from behind the reinforced glass.
She revealed that Grant Ellison was actually the anonymous backer who had funded her blackmail scheme from the beginning.
Grant had intentionally provided Lila with the hidden stem cells just to force Vance into signing away his parental rights.
Lila gave Vance a name and an address located deep in the industrial sector of New Jersey.
Dr. Silas Thorne, a disgraced geneticist who had lost his medical license a decade ago.
Vance left the prison and immediately drove to the abandoned warehouse district with Marcus and a team of armed men.
They kicked down the rusted metal door of a shady underground laboratory.
Dr. Thorne tried to run, but Marcus pinned the terrified man against a row of humming medical refrigerators.
Vance did not yell, nor did he threaten physical violence.
He simply placed a tablet on the table, showing a live feed of Dr. Thorne’s offshore bank accounts.
Vance calmly explained that he was currently draining every single penny the corrupt doctor possessed.
He promised to leave Dr. Thorne with nothing but a signed confession and a lifetime in federal prison unless he cooperated.
The terrified doctor immediately broke down, handing over a highly encrypted hard drive.
The drive contained irrefutable video and audio evidence of Grant Ellison ordering the illegal IVF switch.
It also contained records of a massive wire transfer from Ellison Real Estate to the clinic.
Vance finally had the silver bullet needed to execute his rival.
But the victory felt hollow when his phone suddenly buzzed with a blocked number.
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It was a frantic, staticky voice message from Maddie.
She whispered that Grant had locked her and Leo in a reinforced penthouse fortress, and Grant was planning to leave the country permanently at dawn.
