CHAPTER 6 — The Woman They Tried to Erase
By sunrise, every major television station reported the same shocking headline.
Former Board Chairman Daniel Whitmore Found Dead in Federal Custody.
Official cause:
Heart attack.
Ethan didn't believe it.
Neither did Mara.
Because only hours earlier...
Daniel had requested a meeting.
He claimed he was finally ready to reveal the real mastermind.
Now...
he was dead.
Before noon, Ethan's phone rang.
The caller ID showed no number.
Only a distorted voice.
"You should have accepted losing the company."
"You've made this personal."
Click.
The line went dead.
That afternoon, Mara arrived at work to discover something impossible.
Her office had been completely emptied.
Her employee records were gone.
Her security badge no longer worked.
Even her email account had disappeared.
It was as though she had never worked there.
Someone inside the company's own system was helping the enemy.
Late that evening, Ethan gathered his closest allies in the underground archive beneath headquarters.
Only five people were present.
He placed Evelyn's notebook on the table.
"This..."
"...is why they're killing people."
The room remained silent.
"If this becomes public," one attorney whispered, "half the financial industry could collapse."
Ethan slowly nodded.
"Exactly."
Mara looked at the notebook again.
Every page represented another powerful person with everything to lose.
She finally understood.
This was no longer a fight to save one company.
It was a war against people who controlled banks, governments, and billion-dollar corporations.
And somewhere in the darkness...
the real mastermind smiled.
Because his greatest weapon had never been money.
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It was making everyone believe...
he didn't exist.
