Chapter 4 - The Internal Betrayal
The line went dead, leaving a suffocating silence in the room.
Damian stared at the phone, his jaw locked in silent fury.
Caitlyn felt a cold chill run down her spine.
"A mole?" she whispered, looking around the command center.
Vincent immediately began typing frantically on his keyboard.
"No one outside my personal guard knew about your brother," Damian said darkly.
"Someone in this very house sold us out."
Caitlyn wiped her eyes, forcing herself to think like the efficient assistant she was.
"I paid Noah's medical bills using the company's secure server," she realized aloud.
"If someone wanted his exact room number, they would have to access my financial logs."
Damian looked at her with a mix of surprise and profound respect.
"Can you trace the access logs?" Damian asked.
"I designed the filing system," Caitlyn replied confidently.
She sat at the main terminal and pushed Vincent gently aside.
Her fingers flew across the keyboard with practiced speed.
She bypassed the main firewall and entered her administrative credentials.
Lines of code and access timestamps filled the large monitors.
"Someone downloaded my personal employee file yesterday at noon," she confirmed.
"Trace the IP address," Damian ordered, leaning over her chair.
Caitlyn ran the trace, her heart pounding in her ears.
The progress bar loaded slowly, torturing her frayed nerves.
Finally, the screen flashed green with a specific network ID.
Caitlyn stared at the result, her blood running completely cold.
She slowly turned her head to look at Vincent.
"It came from the security subnet," she said softly.
Damian shifted his gaze toward his oldest friend.
"Only one person has authorization for that subnet," Damian stated.
Vincent took a slow step backward, raising his hands in the air.
"Boss, I swear on my life it was not me," Vincent pleaded.
Damian drew his weapon with blinding speed.
He pointed the barrel directly at Vincent's chest.
"Give me one reason not to pull this trigger," Damian said coldly.
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Vincent looked at the computer screen and then back at Damian.
"Because the security subnet is also used to route the jet's communication systems," Vincent explained frantically.
