Chapter 14 - The Mysterious Discovery
We were packing the final boxes at the coastal house.
I walked into my private home office room space.
I opened an old iron lockbox belonging to father.
Inside lay an old handwritten leather journal book.
The journal belonged to my late father William Carter.
I opened the yellowed pages with careful, gentle fingers.
My father's familiar handwriting filled the white lines:
"My dearest son Daniel,"
"If you are reading this, I am long gone."
"I discovered Margaret's secret syndicate five years ago."
"She was laundering money for a covert international network."
"A network known as the Apex Global Group."
"I tried to stop her, but she threatened you."
"If anything happens to me, look for Apex."
"Margaret is merely their local enforcer, Daniel."
"The real leader is someone inside our family tree."
My heart skipped a beat as I read lines.
My father had not died of natural heart illness.
He was silenced by the syndicate my mother served.
And Margaret was just a middle enforcer in network.
The real mastermind was still free out there.
A high-level relative operating from the shadows today.
I grabbed the leather journal, running out to car.
I called Agent Harris on my mobile phone fast.
"Agent Harris! I found my father's private journal!"
"He names a syndicate called the Apex Global Group!"
Agent Harris's voice came back sharp, urgent, and heavy:
"Daniel, do not stay in that house alone!"
"We just intercepted a signal from Apex servers!"
"They know you found your father's secret journal!"
"A vehicle is heading toward your location right now!"
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I slammed my foot on the accelerator pedal fast.
I needed to protect my wife and baby daughter.
