Chapter 6 - The Counter Offer
Emily froze completely, the sharp, stinging pain in her torn earlobe entirely forgotten in the face of her impending death.
Vincent walked calmly back to his heavy mahogany desk and sat down with the relaxed posture of a king holding court.
He told her he had known Leo was plotting a hostile, violent coup for over six months.
He also calmly revealed that he knew Leo had visited her apartment last night.
Vincent knew his three loyal men were dead, and he knew exactly who had helped pull the trigger.
Emily braced herself against the leather chair, waiting for him to pull a gun and execute her on the spot.
Instead, Vincent opened a desk drawer and slid a thick, heavy manila folder across the polished wood.
He instructed her to open it and read the contents carefully.
Inside the folder were the complete, highly classified medical records for her mother, Ruth Carter.
Vincent revealed that the experimental surgery Leo had promised was a complete, fabricated lie.
The medical procedure had an incredibly low success rate, and Leo had absolutely no intention of ever paying for it.
Vincent explained that Leo routinely used desperate, impoverished people like her as disposable pawns.
He told her that his son always threw his tools away the very second they served their bloody purpose.
Emily felt a sickening, crushing wave of betrayal wash over her as she stared at the forged medical documents.
Vincent leaned forward and offered her a powerful counter-deal that would actually guarantee her mother’s survival.
He personally owned the best private medical hospital in the entire state of Illinois.
He could easily guarantee Ruth the absolute finest, most expensive respiratory care in the world.
All Emily had to do was continue pretending to work for Leo, ultimately leading his treacherous son into a fatal, inescapable trap.
Emily looked at the medical files, her mind racing desperately with the sheer impossibility of her situation.
She was hopelessly trapped between two ruthless, warring monsters fighting brutally for a bloody throne.
She agreed to Vincent’s terms, shaking his large, calloused hand to officially seal the dangerous pact.
Vincent gave her a new, highly secure phone and dismissed her for the remainder of the day.
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She took the private elevator down to the lobby, feeling entirely sick to her stomach from the stress.
When the elevator doors finally opened on the ground floor, she was violently grabbed by two masked men and dragged screaming into a waiting van.
