Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 1069:

Directly beneath her words, a surveillance recording was attached.

In the footage, Pattie appeared with a pleasant smile and said, “A charity gala? Naturally, I’m interested, and Maia is as well. She’s even preparing to launch her own foundation. We’ll attend as promised, so be sure to inform Kiley.”

The sequence in the video unfolded smoothly, the images sharp and convincing, leaving no trace of alteration.

Once the video finished playing, Kiley frowned, and a sharp chill spread across her face.

“This is a lie! That footage has to be fake!” Raegan burst out, her voice rising with panic. “Maia must have hired a master editor. None of it happened that way… Kiley, please believe me.”

Deep down, she understood the truth. The public would place their faith in the clear security video, while that suspicious audio clip would lose all credibility. To cover her tracks, Raegan had carefully released the recording through three separate outlets.

resourceful than we imagined,” Kiley muttered, her eyes narrowing. “Someone is backing her up. At the gala, we’ll have to tread carefully and shut

recognized the pattern sooner. Every time the stakes rose, Maia found a way to seize control, and it likely tied back to

Raegan with renewed intensity. “Tell me, have you uncovered who Mr. M really is? I have a strong suspicion

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revered most had intervened, then accomplishing all of this would hardly be

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did Maia sneak out of prison unnoticed? Could that also have been orchestrated by Mr. M? If that’s true, then how

that as well,” Kiley muttered, her eyes narrowing

capable of covering tracks so perfectly has to be someone with enormous reach—perhaps the head of a