Chapter 9 - The Last Enemy Was the Man Everyone Thought Was Already DeadVictor resurfaced six months later.
He contacted Daniel.
Then Claire.
Then Mason.
His final plan was simple.
Take the ledger.
Expose the surviving network.
Kill Mason.
And frame Claire.
But Claire had learned.
She set the trap.
She used the one thing Victor had never understood.
He underestimated her.
He expected the frightened daughter.
He got the woman who had survived him.
The final confrontation happened inside an abandoned shipping warehouse.
Victor raised a gun.
Mason stepped forward.
“It's over.”
Victor laughed.
“No.”
He looked at Claire.
“She took everything from me.”
Claire shook her head.
“You did that yourself.”
Victor fired.
Mason pushed Claire away.
The bullet struck him.
He fell.
“Mason!”
She ran to him.
He was bleeding.
But conscious.
Victor tried to escape.
Law enforcement surrounded the warehouse.
He was arrested.
The last piece of the empire collapsed.
Mason survived.
Barely.
In the hospital, Claire sat beside him.
“You scared me.”
He smiled weakly.
“I'm sorry.”
“You always say that.”
“I mean it.”
She placed his hand against her stomach.
The baby kicked.
Mason's eyes widened.
“She kicked.”
“She?”
Claire smiled.
“Yes.”
He laughed.
“A girl.”
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