Chapter 7 - The Billionaire's Ultimatum
Vanessa dropped to her knees on the rough gravel, sobbing hysterically as she realized she had been completely played.
Martin Ellis casually adjusted his expensive suit jacket and stared at me with dead, emotionless eyes.
He explained that my father was nothing more than a convenient, pathetic puppet used to launder his dirty money.
Martin controlled the corrupt politicians and the compromised federal agents who had canceled the initial raid.
He told me that my little text message stunt at the wedding had caused a minor inconvenience, but nothing more.
He motioned for his heavily armed mercenaries to step out of the helicopter and surround us.
Two massive men grabbed Liam and forced him to his knees right beside the edge of the cliff.
Martin handed me a sleek, encrypted laptop and demanded that I log into the SEC regulatory portal immediately.
He ordered me to use my old compliance credentials to completely retract the evidence I had uploaded.
He promised that if I didn't clear his name within sixty seconds, he would shoot Liam in the back of the head.
I looked at Liam, whose eyes pleaded with me not to negotiate with this ruthless monster.
I slowly opened the laptop and connected it to the secure federal network using my memorized access codes.
I navigated to the evidence portal where the damning files were currently being reviewed by honest agents.
Martin pressed the barrel of his gun against Liam's skull and began counting down from ten.
I placed my trembling finger over the delete key, knowing that doing this would let the criminals win forever.
Instead of pressing delete, I quickly opened a hidden back door in the compliance software that I had designed years ago.
I initiated a protocol known as the "nuclear option," which instantly triggered a permanent, irreversible freeze on all associated global assets.
The laptop screen flashed bright red, displaying a massive warning that the funds were officially locked by the federal government.
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Martin stared at the screen in pure rage and raised his gun to shoot me in the chest.
Before he could pull the trigger, Liam violently kicked backward, sweeping Martin’s legs out from under him.
