Chapter 4: The Glass Room
Elena realized the game had changed. Her "generous donation" was a ransom payment, and the person holding the gun was her presumed-dead husband, Julian. He hadn't died in that "yacht accident." He’d simply vanished with his mistress, leaving Elena to clean up his corporate embezzlement. Now, he was back, not to reclaim his life, but to drain the last of her liquid assets before framing her for his initial "death." The walls of her penthouse, usually a sanctuary of control, now felt like a glass enclosure, where every move was visible to the unseen enemy.
