Chapter 3 - Digital ForensicsMark was not a man who fought only with his fists. Knowing the legal system could be bought, he immediately retained Victoria Sterling, one of the nation's most ruthless civil litigation attorneys, known for dismantling elite corporate dynasties.
Inside a high-tech forensic lab in downtown, Mark, Victoria, and a digital recovery expert stared at a monitor. The physical memory chip extracted from Maya's destroyed phone was hooked up to a reader.
"The physical casing was smashed," the technician explained, "but the solid-state storage chip remained intact long enough to push a final encrypted burst to her private server."
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Victoria clicked a file. Clear, high-definition 4K video played on the screen. It captured Ethan threatening to ruin her family, violently shoving her to the floor, and stamping on the device. But even more damning was the background data: thousands of text messages showing a dark pattern of systematic financial extortion, physical threats, and Ethan's explicit plan to seize control of her mother's inheritance.
"This isn't just domestic abuse," Victoria said, her eyes gleaming. "This is premeditated corporate theft and extortion. We have him."
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