Part 4: The Final Audit
“Stay back, Esteban!” I yelled, pulling out my phone and holding the open leather ledger in front of me like a shield. “I know what you’ve been doing with Lorena! The offshore shell accounts, the double ledgers, the fraudulent property transfers—it’s all here in my grandfather’s trust records!”
Esteban let out a cruel, dismissive laugh, taking another deliberate step toward me. “It doesn’t matter what’s in those books, Camila. Nobody is coming down here to save you. You’re going to hand over those documents, and then you’re going to leave this property quietly.”
“Nobody needs to come down here, Esteban,” I said, pointing the screen of my phone directly at his face. “Because Detective Reyes from the Federal Tax Fraud Division has been listening to every word of this conversation through my live emergency stream for the last four minutes.”
Esteban froze, his face turning an instant, shocking shade of ash-gray. Lorena gasped, backing away toward the cellar stairs in a panic.
Before Esteban could take another step, the heavy storm doors behind me blew open with a deafening crash.
“Federal Agents! Nobody move! Hands on your heads now!” armed officers shouted, their heavy tactical flashlights cutting through the cellar gloom as they flooded down the stairs.
Detective Reyes stepped forward, pulling a pair of steel handcuffs from his belt. “Esteban Fuentes? You and your accomplice, Lorena, are under arrest for grand tax evasion, corporate fraud, forgery, and illegal asset liquidation.”
To see Camila reclaim her legacy and her peace, continue reading below for the final part.
