Graham, Alexander’s chief legal counsel, hastily gathered the crucial police reports and the forensic documents. He was muttering about coordinating with international investigators and the immense task of quietly dismantling a five-year-old murder and fraud cover-up. The door to the command center closed behind him, leaving Alexander and me entirely alone in the vast, high-altitude office. The air, thick with the smell of conflict and paper, immediately grew silent.

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