{"id":543,"date":"2026-09-19T17:51:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T17:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fantatv.com\/series\/the-call-that-stopped-the-gala\/chapter-4-derek-realized-who-was-coming\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T17:51:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T17:51:02","slug":"chapter-4-derek-realized-who-was-coming","status":"publish","type":"sr_chapter","link":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/?sr_chapter=chapter-4-derek-realized-who-was-coming","title":{"rendered":"CHAPTER 4. DEREK REALIZED WHO WAS COMING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Derek moved toward the exit.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor stepped in front of him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoing somewhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He stopped.<\/p>\n<p>Claire looked toward the ballroom doors.<\/p>\n<p>Then several security officers appeared.<\/p>\n<p>Behind them walked Ethan Reese.<\/p>\n<p>Derek froze.<\/p>\n<p>Ethan looked directly at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to talk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek tried to stay calm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ethan held up a thick file.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout the accounts you thought nobody would ever trace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Claire stared at Derek.<\/p>\n<p>His confidence disappeared completely.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is why I needed you to stay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Claire finally understood.<\/p>\n<p>She had unknowingly witnessed the final piece of a much larger investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Derek moved toward the exit. Eleanor stepped in front of him. \u201cGoing somewhere?\u201d He stopped. Claire looked toward the ballroom doors. Then several security officers appeared. Behind them walked Ethan Reese. Derek froze. Ethan looked directly at him. \u201cWe need to talk.\u201d Derek tried to stay calm. \u201cAbout what?\u201d Ethan held up a thick file. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-543","sr_chapter","type-sr_chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter\/543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/sr_chapter"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter\/543\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}