As emergency crews arrived, Ethan remained close to Olivia.
Doctors worked quickly to stabilize her while police officers secured the area around the rotunda.
Yet Ethan could think only about the words she had whispered.
With tremendous effort, Olivia had revealed one sentence.
"They pushed me... and the proof is hidden."
Those words changed everything.
Police immediately shifted their investigation from an accident inquiry to a possible attempted murder case.
Detectives began questioning everyone who had been near the balcony before the fall.
Witnesses provided conflicting stories.
Some claimed Olivia had been alone.
Others insisted they saw another person arguing with her moments before the incident.
The confusion only deepened suspicions.
Meanwhile, Ethan remembered several conversations he had shared with Olivia during recent weeks.
She had mentioned discovering financial records connected to offshore accounts, missing company funds, and forged signatures.
At the time, Ethan believed the information involved ordinary corporate fraud.
Now he realized the situation was far more serious.
Someone had apparently been willing to kill to protect those secrets.
Police searched Olivia's office, hotel suite, and personal belongings.
Most of her files were missing.
Computers had been wiped.
Documents had disappeared.
It looked as though someone had carefully attempted to erase every trace of her investigation.
Yet Olivia's whispered message suggested one important detail.
The proof still existed.
Somewhere inside the mansion, evidence remained hidden.
And whoever pushed her from the balcony was desperately hoping investigators would never find it.