Chapter 5 - The Celebration
Victoria organized a private dinner.
She told everyone it was to celebrate Jonathan's life.
In reality, she was celebrating his approaching death.
Raymond attended.
So did two of Victoria's closest friends.
Champagne flowed.
Music played.
Victoria wore an elegant black dress.
“To new beginnings,” she said.
Raymond lifted his glass.
“To Jonathan.”
Everyone drank.
Victoria smiled.
She had no idea that Marcus Hale was monitoring the financial activity surrounding the dinner.
She had no idea the restaurant's security footage had been preserved.
She had no idea investigators were tracking Raymond's communications.
And she certainly didn't know Jonathan was watching everything from another location.
The dinner lasted three hours.
At midnight, Raymond pulled Victoria aside.
“Are you certain?”
“About what?”
“That the inheritance will come through.”
She smiled.
“He signed everything years ago.”
Raymond frowned.
“Did he?”
“Yes.”
She didn't know that the document she was referring to had been replaced.
She didn't know Jonathan had changed his estate plan.
And she didn't know Daniel had deliberately left certain financial structures untouched so investigators could follow the money.
The next morning, Marcus arrived at Jonathan's room.
“We have enough.”
Jonathan looked at him.
“Enough for what?”
“Enough to get warrants.”
Jonathan sat quietly.
“Will she be arrested?”
“Not yet.”
“Why?”
“We need the full chain.”
“What about Raymond?”
“He's involved.”
Jonathan looked down.
“I don't want revenge.”
Marcus smiled.
“Then what do you want?”
“Justice.”
“That is what we're building.”
Later that day, Jonathan received a call from the hospital administration.
They had discovered irregularities in his medication records.
Several entries had been altered.
Some had been entered under another employee's credentials.
But the access pattern led back to one person.
A contractor.
A woman who had worked several shifts on Jonathan's floor.
Marcus immediately investigated.
She had received money from Raymond.
The case was getting bigger.
Victoria wasn't acting alone.
That night, Jonathan finally understood why his wife had been so confident.
She hadn't simply believed she could poison him.
She believed she had built a system where nobody would ever look closely.
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But she had made one mistake.
She had underestimated the man she wanted dead.
