The fireproof archive door hissed shut behind the last investigator. For three hours, forensic accountants in grey gloves had moved through the sub-basement of the old Meridian Tower like archaeologists. They photographed, bagged, tagged. The fire that had gutted the 14th floor eight years ago had never reached this vault. The steel drawers had warped, the seals had blackened, but the contents inside were intact. Dust, smoke, and silence. “Clear,” the lead investigator said, snapping his case shut. “You can go in now, Ms." Elena stepped forward before the word finished leaving his mouth. She’d been waiting in the corridor since midnight, hands cold, coat still on. The archive had belonged to her mother’s second husband, a man who collected companies the way other men collected art. And inside it, the legal team had just confirmed, were the complete board records of Varga Maritime Holdings. Her father’s company. The one that had “failed naturally”. The access card clicked and th
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