CHAPTER 9 — Daniel's Last Gift
The fire destroyed thousands of official records.
News channels immediately reported that decades of criminal evidence had been lost forever.
Whitlock smiled as officers handcuffed him.
"Now you'll never prove anything."
Marcus looked defeated.
Without those files, dozens of corrupt officials might escape justice.
Emily quietly opened Daniel's old notebook again.
She noticed something she had overlooked.
A sentence circled in blue ink.
'The originals never stay where everyone is looking.'
Richard suddenly stood.
"The necklace."
Emily touched the pendant around her neck.
Richard carefully removed it and examined the engraved police badge.
"There..."
Hidden inside the tiny badge was an almost invisible seam.
With a jeweler's precision, Richard opened it.
A miniature memory card slid into his palm.
Marcus stared in amazement.
"My God..."
Daniel had anticipated everything.
Months before his final mission, he had secretly copied every file onto the tiny memory card and hidden it inside the necklace he knew Emily would never willingly lose.
The flash drive had only been a distraction.
The real evidence had been around Emily's neck all along.
Within hours, forensic experts recovered every document.
Bank transfers.
Secret recordings.
Lists of bribed officials.
Encrypted communications.
Enough evidence to dismantle an entire criminal network.
By sunrise, arrests were taking place across the state.
Commissioner Victor Grayson was taken from his mansion in handcuffs.
Television helicopters broadcast the moment live.
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For the first time in years...
People believed justice had finally caught up with power.
