Chapter 5: The Woman in Red

Chapter 5: The Woman in Red
That evening Elena followed Julian across the city.
He entered a quiet restaurant overlooking the river.
Waiting inside was a woman wearing a crimson dress.
Beautiful.
Confident.
Dangerously familiar.
Julian kissed her hand.
They laughed together.
But what froze Elena wasn't the intimacy.
It was the envelope Julian slid across the table.
The woman opened it.
Inside were passports.
Several identities.
And stacks of cash.
Elena discreetly raised her phone.
Click.
One photograph.
May you like
Then another.
She had no idea that someone sitting across the restaurant had just photographed her.