Chapter 26 - The Trap is Set
We relocated the children to a highly classified, heavily guarded safe house halfway across the country.
With my family completely secure, I was finally free to unleash absolute hell on Victor Thorne.
I utilized my corporate intelligence network to track his frozen offshore accounts.
We discovered he was hiding in a massive, decommissioned oil rig anchored just outside international waters.
It was a rusted, floating fortress heavily guarded by desperate mercenaries with nothing left to lose.
Alessandro wanted to lead a massive tactical assault team to storm the rig by force.
I completely vetoed his violent, high-casualty plan.
I proposed a far more brilliant, highly deceptive strategy to draw the rat out of his cage.
We deliberately leaked false information claiming I was traveling alone on a private yacht to negotiate a surrender.
We knew Victor's massive ego and deep hatred for me would blind him to the obvious trap.
I stood on the deck of the luxurious bait yacht, wearing a tactical vest beneath a sleek black coat.
The cold ocean wind whipped my hair as we approached the dark, looming shadow of the offshore rig.
Dozens of Victor's heavily armed boats began to swarm our position, exactly as I had predicted.
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They aggressively boarded the yacht, thinking they had finally captured the queen of Baltimore.
They had absolutely no idea that they were stepping directly onto a floating, highly explosive bomb.
