Chapter 2 - The Cambridge Connection
Killeran stared at the terrifying video playing on his bright phone screen.
His jaw clenched so tightly that his teeth physically ached with anger.
He immediately forwarded the video file to his head of security with strict orders.
He climbed into the driver's seat and locked the heavy armored doors.
Mave was shivering uncontrollably in the passenger seat despite the blasting warm heater.
Killeran sped recklessly through the empty, snow-covered streets of downtown Boston.
He arrived at his heavily fortified estate and carried Mave directly inside.
He ordered his private medical team to examine her severe injuries immediately.
While the doctors worked carefully, Killeran went alone to the staff break room.
He pried open Mave's small locker and searched thoroughly through her personal belongings.
He found a thick stack of postal receipts rubber-banded together in her cheap canvas purse.
Every single receipt was addressed to a suspicious post office box in Cambridge.
The specific dates on the printed receipts matched his household duty logs perfectly.
Killeran realized his quiet maid had been sending detailed reports about his private home for three years.
He felt a sharp, agonizing sting of betrayal cut completely through his chest.
He walked aggressively back into the guest bedroom where Mave was resting.
The doctors had bandaged her bruised face and given her strong chemical painkillers.
Killeran dismissed the medical staff entirely and locked the heavy oak door behind them.
He tossed the stack of Cambridge postal receipts violently onto the bed beside her.
He coldly demanded to know exactly who she was secretly spying for.
Mave looked at the scattered receipts and began to weep silently into her hands.
She swore desperately that she was never spying on him or his criminal empire.
She confessed that a corrupt federal agent had blackmailed her to send useless floor plans.
The agent threatened to frame her innocent brother for drug trafficking if she ever refused.
Killeran realized Mave was an innocent victim trapped in a highly dangerous game.
He promised her that the corrupt federal agent would absolutely die before sunrise.
His secure phone suddenly rang with an emergency call from his terrified security chief.
The chief reported that a massive explosive device had just been found strapped under Killeran's car.
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The bomb was wired to detonate the exact moment the driver's door was opened.
Someone inside the estate had planted it while Killeran was talking to Mave.
