That evening, in the solitude of his private office, Darren sat on his chair, the compiled legal files spread before him like a battlefield map.
His eyes moved methodically across the pages, parsing the dense legalese with a quiet, unrelenting focus. On one page, he paused, his breath catching as he spotted a shadow of a clause buried deep within the terms of Grant's frozen assets.
Darren had been using the system all day to search for loopholes. It led him down this path, and now he saw why.
A contingency trigger.
Subtle and insidious, one he hadn't noticed before.
For a flash of a moment, it all made sense, although he didn't know exactly what. So he went through it with the system again.
Ding!
┏Hidden Trigger →Likely authorized by Gillian Henderson. This clause was placed to redirect casino management if Grant fails to respond within 96 hours.┛
Darren's breath froze for a second. 96 hours.
It had been a while and they were yet to get a hold of Grant.
