Chapter 11 - The Ghost Transaction
Two weeks after Rebecca’s arrest, Daniel believed the nightmare had finally drawn to a close. The house was quiet, Emily was recovering under medical care, and little Noah was sleeping peacefully in his room. But at 3:00 AM on a freezing Tuesday, Daniel’s phone screen flashed with an urgent security notification: Transfer of $500,000 Approved to Overseas Escrow. Daniel sat bolt upright in bed, drenching his shirt in cold sweat. Rebecca was sitting in a high-security lockup with no access to electronics or phone privileges. How was money still draining from his accounts? When he opened his banking portal, the authorization signature was not Rebecca’s forged mark—it had been authorized using a physical security key located inside Daniel's own private home office.
