Chapter 20 - THE FILE NAMED LEO The data key contained decades of evidence.
Shell companies.
Blackmail payments.
Illegal surveillance.
Judges.
Executives.
Secret accounts.
Then Eleanor found a folder.
LEO STERLING.
She opened it.
Hospital records.
Ultrasound images.
Genetic profiles.
Inheritance projections.
Julian stared at the creation date.
“That’s impossible.”
The folder existed before Leo was born.
Another document appeared.
PROJECT CONTINUITY.
Elias had tracked both bloodlines for generations.
Leo was not merely valuable because of Sterling money.
His DNA connected two families that had jointly inherited legal rights to the original encryption technology.
Eleanor whispered:
“He doesn’t want Leo dead.”
Julian looked at her.
“Then what does he want?”
Eleanor opened the final page.
May you like
Her stomach dropped.
“He needs Leo alive until he can legally control what Leo owns.”
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