Chapter 8 - The Bargain
I screamed Sarah’s name as she collapsed weakly onto the broken glass covering the floor.
Julian immediately stepped in front of me, using his own body as a physical shield against the heavily armed mercenaries.
Viktor laughed a dry, menacing laugh and pressed the barrel of his suppressed pistol firmly against Sarah’s temple.
He announced that we had exactly sixty seconds to transfer the two million dollars, or Sarah would die right in front of us.
Kyle crawled pathetically into the corner of the room, desperately trying to hide from the monsters he had invited inside.
I looked at Julian, silently asking him to trust the dangerous, impossible plan rapidly forming in my mind.
I slowly raised my hands and walked around the glass desk, placing myself directly between Viktor and Sarah.
I told the ruthless enforcer that Kyle did not possess the stolen two million dollars, and neither did I.
Viktor’s eyes narrowed in dangerous anger, his finger tightening visibly on the cold steel trigger of his gun.
I quickly explained that I was an elite forensic accountant, and I had secretly traced the missing funds years ago.
I revealed that Brad and Chase had completely betrayed Kyle, hiding the cartel’s money in a highly encrypted offshore trust.
Kyle gasped in shock from the corner, finally realizing that his own brothers had played him for an absolute fool.
I offered Viktor a highly lucrative deal that he simply could not refuse.
I promised to bypass the heavy encryption and transfer the exact location of the hidden funds directly to his server.
In exchange, he had to take Kyle, leave Sarah and Julian completely unharmed, and walk out of my building forever.
Viktor considered the offer for a tense moment before slowly lowering his suppressed weapon.
He aggressively threw his encrypted tablet onto my desk, ordering me to prove my bold claims immediately.
My fingers flew rapidly across the digital keyboard, executing the massive financial transfer in less than forty seconds.
The tablet beeped loudly, confirming that the cartel now had full access to Brad and Chase’s secret millions.
Viktor smiled a chillingly genuine smile, clearly impressed by my flawless, high-speed execution.
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He signaled to his men, who violently grabbed the screaming, terrified Kyle by the collar of his coat.
Just as they dragged my ex-husband toward the shattered doorway, the shrill wail of dozens of police sirens echoed loudly from the street below.
