Chapter 4 - The Digital Threat
My mother did not abandon Maya out of mere cruelty or selfishness.
She had actively planned to let my wife die from a severe infection to collect millions of dollars in life insurance.
The puzzle pieces finally fit together into a terrifying picture of premeditated murder.
I forwarded the life insurance document and the kitchen poisoning video to my corporate security contact.
He was a former federal agent who owed me a massive favor for saving his career years ago.
He promised to track the GPS chip hidden inside the stolen industrial prototype Mark had sold.
I sat beside Maya's hospital bed, stroking her hair as she finally fell into a peaceful sleep.
My phone suddenly buzzed with a direct text message from my mother.
The message demanded to know why the credit cards were declining at the private aviation terminal.
She ordered me to transfer fifty thousand dollars immediately or she would destroy my life.
I typed back a single sentence, telling her that the police had already seen the security footage.
Her response arrived less than ten seconds later.
She sent me a video file that made my blood run completely cold.
It was a highly sophisticated, digitally altered deepfake video showing Maya brutally striking Liam.
My mother typed that if I did not unlock the bank accounts, she would send the fake video to child protective services.
She threatened to ensure that Maya was sent to prison and Liam was placed into the foster care system permanently.
I realized I was dealing with absolute monsters who would stop at nothing to get my money.
Then my corporate security contact called me with an urgent update.
He said the GPS tracker on the stolen prototype was moving at an incredible speed.
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The buyer was not flying overseas with my company's secrets.
The signal was traveling up the East Coast highway directly toward our location in New York.
