Chapter 12 - The Audit Files Unlocked
The next morning brought no rest,
only a cold determination,
Daniel and Sofia sat,
in a secure room,
deep within the federal audit building,
surrounded by armed guards,
provided by the federal police,
who had finally realized,
the scale of the conspiracy,
on the metal table,
sat three thick laptops,
containing the encrypted data,
of the Queretaro land deal,
the key to the syndicate's wealth,
and the reason for Leo's suffering,
we need to decrypt these,
Sofia said,
her fingers flying over the keyboard,
but the code is complex,
it requires a master key,
that only the director has,
and the director has disappeared,
since last night,
Daniel leaned closer,
staring at the lines of code,
remembering something his sister,
had muttered in her panic,
she had mentioned the registry office,
and a specific date,
the date Leo went missing,
try the case file number,
from the kidnapping,
Daniel suggested,
his voice tight,
Sofia typed in the sequence,
pressing the enter key,
with a hesitant finger,
the screen flashed red once,
then turned a bright green,
as the encryption cracked open,
revealing thousands of documents,
bank statements,
land deeds,
and wire transfers,
connecting prominent city officials,
directly to the cartel accounts,
and there,
at the very bottom,
was a contract,
signed by Patricia,
selling her soul,
and her nephew's freedom,
for a clean debt slate,
Daniel felt a sickness,
rise in his stomach,
seeing his own sister's signature,
on the document of betrayal,
she had literal price tag,
placed on his son's head,
this is enough,
Daniel said,
his voice cold as ice,
this is enough to bring down,
the entire city government,
we send this to the media,
and the federal prosecutor,
May you like
right now,
before they can stop us.
