Chapter 5 - The Frozen Accounts
The next morning, I woke up early to buy groceries for the kids.
I stood at the supermarket checkout lane, exhausted from a sleepless night of packing boxes.
I swiped my debit card, but the terminal instantly beeped and flashed a red declined message.
I apologized to the cashier and quickly pulled up my banking app on my phone.
My stomach dropped when I saw a negative balance of one million dollars on my checking account.
Carol had used her executive power as the trust manager to flag my accounts for massive corporate embezzlement.
I left the groceries at the register and drove straight to the main branch of my bank.
I marched into the manager's office, demanding an explanation for the illegal freeze on my money.
The branch manager refused to look me in the eye, nervously shuffling papers on his desk.
He quietly explained that a federal investigation had just been opened against me.
Carol had provided forged documents to the FBI claiming I had stolen millions from the family trust.
I realized that her corrupt connections were far deeper and more dangerous than I had ever imagined.
I needed a ruthless lawyer who wasn't afraid to fight a fabricated federal case.
I stepped outside and dialed the number for Evelyn Vance, a shark corporate attorney who owed my father a life debt.
Evelyn answered on the first ring, her voice tight and urgent.
She told me to stop talking and start running immediately.
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She had inside information from the prosecutor's office.
The police were already on their way to my house to arrest me for federal fraud.
