Chapter 7 - VICTOR'S COUNTERATTACK
Victor was arrested.
Then released on bail.
His lawyer attacked Lily’s credibility.
He claimed she was obsessed with the building.
Trespassed into restricted areas.
Stole private documents.
He argued Daniel acted independently.
Victor’s knowledge, he said, was limited to “tenant screening and security monitoring.”
Then Victor attacked Caleb.
The hidden file showed Caleb had once been fired from a previous job.
True.
He had confronted a manager over suppressed breach reporting.
The company called it insubordination.
Victor’s lawyer leaked the disciplinary record.
Headline:
CYBER SPECIALIST WHO “DISCOVERED” SECRET ROOM HAS HISTORY OF WORKPLACE CONFLICT.
Caleb wanted to explode.
Mara said:
“Don’t.”
“He’s smearing us.”
“He wants you emotional.”
“I am emotional.”
“Then don’t give him evidence of it.”
Lily faced worse.
Anonymous accounts posted that she fabricated captivity for attention.
Then one video appeared.
Lily entering the hidden corridor voluntarily months before her disappearance.
Victor’s defense claimed it proved she was never kidnapped.
Mara looked at the timestamp.
Then the full footage.
Lily entered alone at 6:12 p.m.
Daniel entered behind her at 6:14.
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Lily never exited.
Context again.
