Chapter 14 - The Counter-Strap
Caroline did not wait for the federal authorities to move at bureaucratic speeds; she initiated her own systematic counter-offensive.
Leveraging her vast network of international shipping auditors and financial intelligence consultants, she traced Dominic Vance’s financial movements across three different offshore accounts.
Within forty-eight hours, her team discovered that Dominic was attempting to finance a massive contraband smuggling ring through the Port of Montreal, utilizing old underground contacts that Adrian had left behind.
Instead of calling the police, Caroline played a high-stakes game of corporate chess.
She coordinated directly with Canadian border security and federal investigators, feeding them precise, undeniable digital evidence of Dominic's upcoming shipment down to the exact container numbers and manifest codes.
Simultaneously, she leaked fabricated internal memos to Adrian’s remaining loyalists, suggesting that Dominic had stolen the last remnants of the syndicate's hidden emergency fund to finance his own escape to South America.
The psychological warfare worked instantly, spreading paranoia through the fractured criminal underworld like wildfire.
By the end of the week, Dominic Vance was intercepted by federal agents at a private airstrip outside Toronto, while his own panicked associates had already drained his secondary accounts and tipped off authorities.
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Caroline watched the news report from her penthouse living room, sipping a cup of herbal tea as the anchor flashed Dominic’s mugshot across the screen.
She had neutralized the immediate physical threat to her son without firing a single shot, proving once again that her intellect and strategic dominance far surpassed anything the old mafia network could muster.
