Chapter 5 - The Ghost Returns
Arthur stared in absolute disbelief at the rugged, heavily scarred man standing before him.
It was Elias, his former chief of security who had supposedly died in a plane crash a decade ago.
Elias quickly ordered Arthur and Chloe to get out of the stolen car and follow him immediately.
They rushed into a heavily armored black utility vehicle parked in the darkest corner of the garage.
Elias aggressively slammed on the gas pedal and smashed through the wooden exit barrier.
He expertly navigated the rainy city streets to evade the backup mercenaries chasing them.
Arthur demanded to know how his best friend had miraculously survived the fiery crash.
Elias revealed that the crash was intentionally engineered by a massive corporate syndicate trying to kill him.
He had spent the last ten years operating in the shadows to dismantle the corrupt organization.
Elias explained that Victoria was not just a greedy gold digger.
She was a highly trained operative sent by that exact same syndicate to destroy Arthur's entire legacy.
Chloe shivered in the back seat as the terrifying reality of her stepmother's true identity set in.
Elias drove them to a secure, off-the-grid safe house located deep in the remote mountains.
He provided Arthur with a secure laptop connected to an untraceable satellite network.
Arthur rapidly began hacking into his own corporate firewall to freeze the stolen financial assets.
He needed to stop Victoria from transferring the billions of dollars into the syndicate's offshore accounts.
Arthur successfully bypassed the first three layers of security protocols.
The computer screen suddenly flashed red and demanded a final, physical biometric thumbprint to halt the transfer.
Arthur pressed his thumb against the scanner, but the system aggressively rejected his print.
A terrifying error message popped up on the bright digital screen.
The system had been completely rewired to only accept the biological signature of the primary account holder.
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Arthur looked at the screen in pure horror as the registered name slowly appeared.
Victoria had somehow managed to legally adopt Chloe behind his back and put all the assets in the child's name.
