Chapter 12 - GABRIEL'S PLAN
Gabriel Shaw had spent years managing wealthy families.
He understood something about fear.
People accepted extraordinary fees during emergencies.
If Ethan’s trust activated the relocation clause:
Gabriel’s firm would handle emergency court filings.
Haven Shield would coordinate security.
A private residence would be leased.
Consultants would be retained.
Projected professional fees across the first year:
more than $1.4 million.
Not all Gabriel’s.
But enough.
More importantly, Gabriel would become essential.
His messages to Mason were recovered after investigators cracked an encrypted backup.
GABRIEL:
The event must be medical, not theatrical.
MASON:
He is a child.
GABRIEL:
The dose is designed to create hospitalization, not death.
MASON:
That isn't a guarantee.
GABRIEL:
Nothing is.
The room went silent when Dominic read that.
There was no romantic motive.
No mafia war.
No revenge against a rival family.
It was colder.
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Gabriel planned to manufacture the exact emergency the trust was designed to respond to.
Then profit from solving it.
