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CHAPTER 53

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last update publish date: 2026-10-15 23:51:04

Marcus's POV

Jake and I stayed in the office until nearly two in the morning, pulling every thread we could find attached to the name he had recognized from Liam's private meeting outside the building. The man's name was Grant Holloway, and his signature appeared beside three separate payment authorizations across two different subsidiary accounts. Each payment had been routed through a company that did not exist in our approved vendor database, and each one had been processed under Liam's divi
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