My Second Marriage with the Mafia Kingpin novel Chapter 542

Chapter 542: The First Warning

"Motherfucker."

Ashley breathed out the curse as she went through the folder Raka had handed her.

According to him, the envelope had appeared on his doorstep a month ago. That was around the time Raka came home and Marshal fell.

Around the same time Dominion’s men should’ve been guarding Raka.

"We checked the security footage outside Raka’s unit, and it looks like the person who left the envelope took advantage of the shift change," Red explained from the front passenger seat. "He disguised himself as part of a maintenance crew."

He looked back at her.

"And this person entered another unit on the same floor. That’s how he managed to slip through during that brief opening between shifts."

"Send someone to check the unit," Ashley ordered, glancing toward the front of the car. "No. Send Tank. Make sure he gets access to that place."

"Already did." Red nodded. "He should be reaching out soon."

Ashley exhaled deeply and leaned back in her seat.

Red’s eyes fell on the folder in her hand. "What’s that, by the way?"

Ashley gazed down at the information that had been sitting inside Raka’s home for an entire month.

"Police records."

Her answer made both Khan, who was behind the wheel, and Red furrow their brows.

"My police records from when I was arrested years ago," she clarified, her gaze settling on her own mugshot.

During her last mission for the Di Carpio family, Ashley had been arrested along with several other men. Marshal hadn’t helped her or pulled any strings to get her out.

If anything, he had simply left her there.

Ironically, that was how Ashley gained her first taste of freedom.

It lasted almost a year before Scott appeared in front of her again.

Then, she was thrown into a marriage with Lucian.

The only reason Ashley had been released back then was because the police had nothing substantial to hold her on. She had claimed she was simply at the wrong place at the wrong time.

She had also been wearing a disguise when her mugshot was taken.

But that hardly mattered anymore.

Anyone who had seen her real face could recognize the similarities. Not to mention, government agencies had access to advanced technology. Even with the disguise, facial recognition could potentially match the woman in the photograph to her.

"But didn’t you say you erased your data?" Khan asked, looking at her through the rearview mirror.

"No." Red shook his head. "I remember the Master pulling strings to erase those records too."

Ashley rocked her head from side to side.

"Lucian did, but government databases always keep copies. I had to erase those myself."

"Then how did something like this end up on Raka’s doorstep?" Red wondered.

A second later, his brows furrowed even deeper.

"Hang on."

Ashley looked at him.

"Why do things keep appearing at that guy’s place?"

This wasn’t the first time something like this had happened.

Ashley slowly straightened. "Now that you mention it..."

Her eyes narrowed.

Even back then, Lucian’s scans had mysteriously appeared on Raka’s doorstep. Because of those scans, Raka had been able to intervene in time and save Lucian’s life.

If they hadn’t appeared when they did, Lucian might have been long gone by now.

Ashley had wondered about it at the time.

She had found it strange.

But with everything that happened afterward, the mystery had been pushed to the back of her mind.

After all, whoever had done it had essentially saved Lucian’s life.

It hadn’t felt like a threat.

But now...

This.

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