Chapter 9 - The Housekeeper's Revenge
Robert slowly locked the heavy oak doors and placed his cell phone exactly where Maria commanded.
He held his hands up in a peaceful gesture, begging his former housekeeper to explain her madness.
Maria laughed bitterly, her grip tightening aggressively on the handle of the suppressed pistol.
She revealed that her real name was not Maria, and that she had spent years planning this perfect revenge.
She told Robert that she was the younger sister of the woman he had ruthlessly bankrupted twenty years ago.
Robert's early corporate acquisitions had destroyed a small family business, leading to their tragic, desperate ruin.
Maria had sworn on her sister's grave that she would infiltrate Robert's life and take absolutely everything from him.
She had used Vance's ridiculous greed to fund the mercenaries and orchestrate the fake DNA tests.
Her ultimate goal was to kill both Robert and Vance, making it look like a tragic murder-suicide over the company.
With both men dead, she would use the forged custody papers to legally adopt Sam and steal the entire massive fortune.
Robert looked at the terrifyingly calm woman, realizing he was entirely trapped by his own past sins.
He begged Maria to spare the innocent boy, promising to sign over all his wealth directly to her right now.
Maria coldly refused, stating that true justice required Robert to suffer the ultimate, permanent punishment.
She raised the pistol and aimed it directly between Robert's eyes, her finger slowly squeezing the heavy trigger.
Suddenly, the cell phone on the glass table emitted a loud, piercing, incredibly obnoxious alarm tone.
Maria flinched slightly, her absolute concentration broken for a mere fraction of a crucial second.
Before Robert had left the police station, Elizabeth had secretly activated the emergency tracker on his phone.
She had used her father's criminal network to bypass the building's security and send a heavily armed strike team.
The massive floor-to-ceiling glass windows of the penthouse office suddenly shattered inward with a deafening roar.
Two heavily armored men repelled down from the roof, swinging violently into the luxurious office.
Maria panicked and fired a wild shot, missing Robert entirely and shattering a priceless vase on a pedestal.
One of the armored men tackled Maria fiercely to the carpet, easily disarming the desperate, screaming woman.
Robert did not waste a single second watching the violent takedown.
He dove across the room, wrapping his arms protectively around Sam to shield the boy from the flying glass.
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The office doors burst open, and Elizabeth wheeled herself into the room, looking like a victorious queen.
She told her men to secure the hostages and casually informed Maria that her revenge tour was permanently canceled.
