Chapter 10 - The Phoenix Rises
I watched the evening news broadcast on the massive flat-screen television in my new corner office.
The reporter announced that Richard and Catherine had both been sentenced to life in federal prison without the possibility of parole.
Madison was serving a brutal ten-year sentence in a state penitentiary for wire fraud and tax evasion.
The parasites who had spent my entire life feeding on my energy had been permanently eradicated.
I turned off the television and looked out the massive floor-to-ceiling windows at the city skyline.
I took a slow sip of hot, expensive coffee.
My smile was completely flawless, the broken tooth perfectly replaced and invisible to the world.
I had reclaimed my true identity, my massive inherited fortune, and my absolute freedom.
I was the CEO of my own company, and nobody would ever treat me like a floor rag again.
I enjoyed the peaceful silence of my massive office, feeling entirely safe for the first time in my life.
My private laptop chirped, alerting me to a new encrypted email from an untraceable server.
I opened the message and stared at a high-resolution photograph attached to the text.
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The photo showed a beautiful older woman with my exact eyes standing right outside my office building today.
The caption read, "They didn't kill your mother, Victoria, but the people who are coming for you definitely will."
