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Gary stood completely still in the dim lighting of the underground parking garage, looking utterly unhinged and completely desperate.

He held the heavily silenced pistol aggressively against Ben's trembling temple.

Ben looked absolutely terrified, his expensive clothes completely wrinkled and heavily stained with sweat.

"Put the gun down, Gary," my father commanded aggressively, raising his heavy assault rifle instantly.

"You really think you can completely outsmart me, Richard?" Gary laughed harshly, his voice echoing violently off the concrete walls.

"I actively built this entire corrupt empire, and I am officially not going to let a pathetic lawyer tear it completely down."

Gary aggressively tightened his heavy grip on the pistol, making Ben whimper loudly in pure, pathetic fear.

"Dad, please don't do this," Ben cried desperately, entirely begging for his pathetic life.

"You are officially a weak, pathetic disappointment, Benjamin," Gary sneered aggressively, completely disgusted by his own son.

"You actively stood there and completely let this woman absolutely destroy our entire family reputation!"

Gary looked directly at me, his cold eyes completely devoid of any actual humanity.

"Hand over the silver flash drive, Richard, or I will officially blow my own son's brains entirely out."

I stared at the horrific scene in absolute, paralyzing disbelief.

Gary was actually entirely willing to brutally murder his own flesh and blood just to desperately protect his corrupt money.

My father did not lower his heavy assault rifle for a single second.

"You don't actually have the guts to kill your own son, Gary," my dad challenged smoothly, entirely calling his massive bluff.

"Try me," Gary growled aggressively, his finger visibly tightening heavily on the trigger.

"Give him the drive, Dad!" I yelled frantically, completely unwilling to witness a brutal execution right in front of Ellie.

My father aggressively ignored my desperate plea, his sharp legal mind instantly calculating the lethal odds.

"If I officially give you the drive, Gary, Vanguard will aggressively kill you exactly five minutes later," my dad deduced smoothly.

"You completely lied to the Vanguard syndicate, and they absolutely do not tolerate massive incompetence."

Gary’s confident expression completely faltered for a fraction of a second.

He absolutely knew my father was entirely right.

Vanguard was already aggressively hunting him for completely exposing their massive money-laundering operation.

"I have enough heavy cash securely hidden in private jets to completely disappear tonight," Gary argued defensively.

"You absolutely don't have anything, Gary, because my elite legal team aggressively froze every single one of your offshore accounts exactly ten minutes ago," my father lied flawlessly.

Gary’s face went completely pale, absolutely terrified by the sheer, devastating possibility of losing his entire fortune.

"You are entirely lying!" Gary roared aggressively, his hand heavily shaking the pistol against Ben's head.

In that brief, terrifying moment of pure distraction, Ben finally did absolutely something brave for the very first time in his entire life.

Ben violently threw his heavy elbow aggressively backward, entirely smashing directly into Gary's nose.

Gary screamed in pure agony, completely dropping the heavy pistol as he stumbled aggressively backward.

My father didn't hesitate for a single second.

He aggressively stepped forward and violently drove the heavy butt of his assault rifle directly into Gary's jaw.

Gary collapsed completely onto the hard concrete floor, absolutely unconscious before he even hit the ground.

Ben stood heavily over his unconscious father, completely panting and shaking violently from the adrenaline.

"I am officially so sorry, Sarah," Ben cried desperately, entirely turning toward me with pathetic, tear-filled eyes.

"I should have actively stopped my mother, I should have absolutely protected Ellie."

I looked directly at my pathetic, cowardly husband and felt absolutely nothing but pure, unadulterated disgust.

"Your pathetic apology is officially four days and a massive federal crime too late, Ben," I stated coldly.

My father quickly kicked Gary's dropped pistol completely under the rental car.

"Get entirely into the car, Sarah, we are officially leaving right now," my dad ordered aggressively, practically pushing Linda into the backseat.

We entirely climbed into the secure vehicle, completely leaving Ben standing completely alone in the dark garage with his unconscious, corrupt father.

My father drove aggressively out of the heavy garage and directly toward the secure federal FBI building downtown.

The heavy Vanguard mercenary vehicles actively followed us completely from a safe distance, officially ensuring we delivered the promised ledgers.

We finally pulled aggressively into the heavily fortified federal plaza, completely surrounded by dozens of armed federal agents waiting for our arrival.

I let out a massive, overwhelming breath of pure, absolute relief as my father aggressively handed the silver flash drive directly to the lead FBI director.

The horrific nightmare was finally, completely over.