Chapter 130: Shattered Trust

The weight of the manila folder pressed heavily on Tony's chest, the stapled pages within threatening to suffocate him. Each document – a bank statement, a coded message, a grainy security camera image – was a single, damning piece of a puzzle he desperately wished wasn't forming a picture. Maeve. Maeve, his loyal confidante, the fiery redhead who'd stood beside him through thick and thin, was feeding information to Augusto? The thought seemed impossible, almost laughable. Maeve had been his rock, the one person he trusted implicitly. Could it be a desperate trick Tiago might play, some elaborate misinformation campaign to sow discord within their ranks? Tiago was known for his cunning, after all. But the evidence was overwhelming. Meticulously compiled by his intel team, the dossier was filled with damning details: secret meetings, coded messages, and unexplained absences that matched crucial leaks. Each piece of evidence pointed undeniably to Maeve. The reports from Officer Le