Chapter 4: The Trap
That night, Olivia replaced every bottle in Leo's room.
The poisoned medicine disappeared.
The fake bottle returned.
Exactly where the killer expected it.
The police hid inside an unmarked surveillance van across the street.
Financial investigators waited nearby.
The district attorney approved every warrant.
At 1:58 a.m...
the nursery door slowly opened.
Claire stepped inside.
She wore gloves.
She carried another syringe.
She never noticed the tiny infrared camera hidden inside the stuffed giraffe.
She whispered,
"Just one more dose."
Before the syringe reached the bottle—
The lights exploded on.
"Don't move."
Detectives entered from every doorway.
Claire froze.
Then screamed.
"It wasn't my idea!"
She pointed wildly toward the hallway.
"It was Beatrice!"
"My mother-in-law made the deal!"
Footsteps thundered upstairs.
Beatrice tried to escape through the garden.
Federal agents met her at the gate.
Within minutes...
both women were in handcuffs.
But the worst discovery came later.
Investigators searched Beatrice's study.
Hidden inside a locked drawer was a contract.
A signed agreement.
If Leo died before the end of the month...
ownership of the controlling shares would quietly transfer to an overseas investment group.
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Millions had already been wired into secret accounts.
The conspiracy had begun long before Leo became sick.
