Chapter 8: The Hidden Safe
Guided by Silas's old note, Julian returned to the dark stone vault behind the refrigerator. Equipped with a flashlight, he searched the cold stone walls inch by inch.
Behind a loose granite block near the floor, he found an iron box. It wasn't filled with gold or cash; inside were dozens of ledger books and handwritten letters from fifty years ago.
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The letters revealed the truth: Silas Vance hadn't just destroyed his rivals—he had cheated his original founding partner, an engineer named Thomas Croft, out of every patent he ever created, driving Thomas into poverty.
Julian flipped through the dusty pages. The raspy-voiced caller wasn't a random criminal. It was someone seeking vengeance for a half-century-old crime.
