Chapter 5 - The Deal with the Devil
The photograph felt incredibly heavy in Chloe's shaking hands.
Miller smiled triumphantly, realizing he had successfully shattered her fragile, desperate trust in the mafia boss.
He explained that Dominic deliberately bankrupted her father to gain control of his valuable waterfront property.
Varga was just a minor pawn in Dominic's massive, carefully orchestrated game to acquire prime real estate.
Miller handed her a tiny, encrypted silver flash drive and told her she had exactly forty-eight hours to deliver the ledger.
He walked out into the rain, leaving Chloe completely alone in the dark restaurant with her shattered reality.
She spent the entire night pacing her luxurious apartment, her mind violently screaming at her to run.
But she could not simply take Sam and run without any money or a clean escape route.
The next afternoon, she returned to the restaurant and performed her duties with a cold, terrifying precision.
Dominic noticed the distinct change in her demeanor almost immediately.
He asked her if something was wrong, his dark eyes searching her face for any signs of fear.
Chloe lied flawlessly, claiming she was just incredibly stressed about Sam's upcoming parent-teacher conference.
Dominic accepted the lie without pressing further, completely underestimating the desperate woman managing his floor.
At exactly midnight, she slipped back into the manager's office and plugged the silver drive into the computer.
Her hands shook violently as she quickly copied the massive, encrypted bribe ledger onto the federal device.
She safely removed the drive, feeling a profound sense of terrifying victory and overwhelming guilt.
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She turned around to leave the office, but completely froze in her tracks.
Dominic was standing silently in the doorway, casually twirling the heavy wine bottle she had used for protection the night before.
