CHAPTER 158

The night was heavy with the scent of rain as Jessica, Phillip, and Clara sat around the makeshift table in the safe house. The tension was thick, each of them lost in their thoughts, the gravity of the situation weighing them down. Phillip's jaw was set, his eyes flicking over the map of Andrew Lane’s estate that they had spread out before them.

"We go in through the west entrance," Phillip said, tracing a path on the map with his finger. "It’s the least guarded point, but we’ll still need to bypass the security systems to avoid tripping any alarms."

Jessica nodded, her mind already running through the possibilities. "Paul said the key is hidden in a drawer inside the study, likely one of the locked compartments. I know my father well enough to guess that he won’t have made it easy to access."

Clara’s eyes darted between the two, her fingers fidgeting slightly. "And what about the passcode?" she asked. "If the key is in the study, but the ledger is locked with a changing code, how do