Chapter 9 - THE WOMAN WHO WALKED AWAY
Weeks later, federal investigators made arrests.
Search warrants were issued.
Bank accounts were frozen.
Corporate offices were searched.
Several executives were arrested.
News channels began reporting on a decades-old military corruption scandal.
Maya watched the television in silence.
Her father's name appeared on the screen.
GENERAL ALEXANDER HAWTHORNE: THE INVESTIGATION THAT NEVER ENDED.
For the first time, the world knew what had happened.
But there was one problem.
One major figure was still missing.
The man believed to have ordered the attack on Alexander's convoy.
A powerful investor named Charles Vaughn.
He had been connected to the Sterling-Vaughn merger.
And he knew Maya was alive.
That night, Maya received an anonymous message.
YOU SHOULD HAVE STAYED INVISIBLE.
She showed it to Vance.
His expression hardened.
"He knows."
"Who?"
"The man we're looking for."
Maya looked at the message again.
Then another message appeared.
YOUR FATHER COULDN'T SAVE YOU.
Maya's hands trembled.
Vance immediately ordered increased protection.
But Maya refused to hide.
"I spent twenty-four years hiding because someone else decided I should."
May you like
She looked directly at him.
"I'm done running."
