Chapter 6 - THE LAWYER’S PHONE CALL
The next morning, a lawyer named Daniel Reed arrived at my apartment.
He placed a thick folder on my kitchen table.
“Lorenzo asked me to explain something before you make any decisions.”
I opened the folder.
Inside were photographs, financial records, and names I recognized from television.
Senator Whitmore.
Several construction companies.
A private security firm.
Daniel pointed to one document.
“Someone has been moving illegal money through charity foundations connected to the senator.”
I stared at him.
“What does this have to do with me?”
“You witnessed the senator’s wife causing a public incident. More importantly, your intervention created witnesses.”
“Witnesses to what?”
Daniel looked uncomfortable.
“The senator’s wife spilled wine deliberately.”
I frowned.
“But why?”
“Because Elena Moretti had discovered something.”
A chill ran through me.
“What?”
Daniel lowered his voice.
“She knew the senator was stealing millions from a city redevelopment fund.”
Suddenly, the entire ballroom made sense.
The shouting.
The humiliation.
The deliberate distraction.
Elena had not been an accidental target.
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She had been targeted because she knew too much.
And I had accidentally become the one person who stood beside her when everyone else looked away.
