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GHOST FILES

Author: Nessa
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The apartment had stopped feeling like a penthouse and started feeling like a command center with its screens glowing against the darkened glass walls and blue with white reflections cutting across Vanessa’s face as she stood motionless in the center of the space.

Damien adjusted one of the monitors behind her, the soft hum of hardware and encrypted servers filling the silence. Outside, the city moved with its usual differences but inside something colder had taken cause.

Vanessa did not look at the screens yet because she didn't need to.

“You’re sure these archives should not exist anymore,” she said, her voice even, controlled and stripped of emotion.

Damien nodded “officially? They were wiped twelve years ago with Fire, Water damage, corruption. Pick your excuse.”

“And unofficially?”

He hesitated “unofficially… they were buried deliberately.”

That finally made her turn.

Her eyes were now sharp and focused. Whatever softness had existed in the woman who walked out of prison had burn
Nessa

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    Detective Roland Hale stared at the files waiting for them to flare in response.The files has been closed, buried, archive and digitally altered for years until it was more rumor than record. But the weight of it hadn’t changed because it felt heavier now, like a body left underwater too long.He exhaled slowly and muttered to no one “you do not die quietly, do you?”The office was empty. Past midnight. He’d waited until the cleaning crew cleared out and the security rotation reset. Old habits. Careful ones.He slid the folder open.Vanessa Lucas.Conviction, Incarceration, Classified addendums missing, Evidence chains broken so cleanly it looked intentional. Witness statements truncated and Surveillance footage logged… then overwritten.Hale leaned back in his chair, jaw tightening.“You don’t overwrite federal-grade footage by accident.”His phone vibrated.A private line. No caller ID.He didn’t answer immediately. Let it buzz once. Twice.Then he picked up.“I was wondering when

  • THE BILLIONAIRE'S EX-CONVICT WIFE   GHOST FILES

    The apartment had stopped feeling like a penthouse and started feeling like a command center with its screens glowing against the darkened glass walls and blue with white reflections cutting across Vanessa’s face as she stood motionless in the center of the space. Damien adjusted one of the monitors behind her, the soft hum of hardware and encrypted servers filling the silence. Outside, the city moved with its usual differences but inside something colder had taken cause.Vanessa did not look at the screens yet because she didn't need to.“You’re sure these archives should not exist anymore,” she said, her voice even, controlled and stripped of emotion.Damien nodded “officially? They were wiped twelve years ago with Fire, Water damage, corruption. Pick your excuse.”“And unofficially?”He hesitated “unofficially… they were buried deliberately.”That finally made her turn.Her eyes were now sharp and focused. Whatever softness had existed in the woman who walked out of prison had burn

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    Vanessa’s heels clicked against the marble floor as she moved through the crowd with Damien at her side “keep your voice low i need to hear everything,” she whispered leaning toward him.Damien’s dark eyes scanned the room, lips curved into a faint smirk “everything?” he asked “so you want me to be a spy too now?”“You already are,” she replied without looking at him. “Eyes everywhere with your ears open “that’s your job tonight.”He chuckled softly “fine but you owe me one for this or maybe more than one.”Vanessa didn’t respond because she had no time for jokes. Across the room a man in a sleek black suit leaned in close to some group of officials Vanessa caught pieces of conversation carefully filtering out the irrelevant ones.Damien’s voice was low in her ear. “I think our friend over there just mentioned your father’s old case files on Something about evidence that disappeared.”Vanessa froze and her eyes narrowed “which ones?” she asked.“The documents from the Lucas family est

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