Chapter 81 - The Exhumation Secret
Ethan leaped onto the helicopter landing skids just as the aircraft began to lift off the ground!
"Ethan, NO!" I screamed.
With terrifying physical strength, Ethan pulled himself up into the open cabin doorway, grabbing Harrison Cross by his collar and dragging him straight out of the helicopter! Both men crashed heavily onto the manicured lawn below, rolling across the wet grass!
The helicopter pilot, panicked by the loss of his boss, lost control for a split second before pitching the aircraft sharply over the lake and speeding away into the night sky with Veronica trapped inside!
On the ground, Ethan stood up, wiping blood from his lip, his boots planted firmly over Harrison Cross. He pinned Cross to the earth with one foot on his chest, pointing a tactical sidearm directly between Cross's eyes.
Federal marshals and FBI agents flooded the lawn, surrounding them with tactical lights.
"Don't shoot!" Cross wheezed, raising his hands in complete defeat, his arrogance totally shattered. "Don't shoot! I'll tell you everything! The offshore accounts, the forged wills, the bribed judges—I'll give you all of it!"
"Where was Veronica taking the money?" I demanded, walking up beside Ethan, my breath coming in ragged gasps.
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"Zurich..." Cross coughed out, wincing in pain. "The master server room at the Paragon Bank in Zurich. If she enters the biometric override code before midnight local time, the entire sixty billion dollars vanishes into untraceable crypto vaults!"
Ethan looked at me, his eyes sharp and resolute. "Marcus, prepare the Gulfstream. We fly to Switzerland."
