Chapter 14 - THE DIGITAL TRAP
With less than twelve hours remaining before the tribunal deadline, Julian and Sarah tracked down the notary who had stamped Richard’s fraudulent document—a disgraced legal clerk named Vance who had been quietly placed on Sterling Enterprises' payroll years ago.
In a quiet interrogation room at Julian’s legal headquarters, faced with federal bank records showing direct payments from Richard Sterling’s personal offshore accounts, Vance broke down.
"It was Richard!" Vance stammered, sweating through his collar. "He paid me fifty thousand dollars to notarize the high-resolution scan! He lifted her signature from an old note she wrote him!"
"Where are the original master files?" Julian demanded, leaning over the table, his shadow looming large over the clerk.
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"In... in the private safe at the old Sterling Estate in the countryside," Vance choked out. "Richard kept all of Elena’s original tapes there. He wanted to release them under a pseudonym after Marcus’s death to collect the royalties!"
Julian turned to Sarah. "Call the Sheriff’s department. We’re getting a search warrant."
