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Chapter 20
"You look upset."Vera was already in bed when Chris got home, reading a book by lamplight. She set it aside immediately when she saw his face."I saw my father tonight," Chris said, sitting on the edge of the bed. "He's getting worse. Much worse."Vera pulled him close, wrapping her arms around him. "I'm so sorry.""He gave me information about my stepmother," Chris continued, his voice tight. "About how she's been betraying our family. About how she might have contributed to my mother's death.""What?" Vera pulled back to look at his face. "Chris, that's horrible."He told her everything his father had revealed—the manipulation, the spying, the delayed medical treatment that had let his mother's cancer spread unchecked."I want to kill her," Chris said flatly. "I want to make her suffer the way my mother suffered.""But you won't," Vera said firmly. "Because you're better than that. Because you'll find a legal way to destroy her, a way that ensures justice instead of revenge.""Is t
Chapter 19
"Your father wants to see you."Chris looked up from his desk to find William standing in the doorway, expression grave. It was late evening, and the Quantum Corp building was mostly empty except for security and a few workaholics."Is something wrong?" Chris asked, immediately concerned."He didn't say. But he asked that you come to the penthouse as soon as possible. He said it's urgent."Chris grabbed his jacket and followed William to the private elevator. During the ride up, he tried to prepare himself for bad news. His father's cancer was progressing. Maybe it had taken a turn for the worse.When he entered the penthouse, he found David Winchester sitting by the window, a blanket over his legs despite the warm evening. He looked frailer than he had just a week ago, his skin almost translucent in the soft lighting."Dad," Chris said, crossing the room quickly. "What's wrong? Are you okay?""Sit down, son," David said, his voice weaker than Chris remembered. "We need to talk."Chri
Chapter 18
"Johnson Sterling, you're under arrest for fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy."Vera watched from across the street as police officers led her brother out of the Sterling family business building in handcuffs. A small crowd had gathered, phones out, recording everything. Johnson's face was red with rage and humiliation as cameras flashed.Margaret and Richard stood on the sidewalk, their lawyer beside them, looking shell shocked. The family empire they had spent decades building was crumbling in real time.Vera felt a hand on her shoulder. Siri had come to meet her for lunch and found her standing there, watching the scene unfold."Is that your brother?" Siri asked softly."Yes," Vera said, her voice hollow. "The police finally had enough evidence to arrest him.""How do you feel about it?"Vera considered the question carefully. "Sad. Relieved. Guilty that I'm relieved. It's complicated.""Family always is," Siri said. "Come on. Let's get out of here before they see you."They w
Chapter 17
"She did what?"Victor Kane stared at his brother Hunter in disbelief. They were in Hunter's warehouse, a legitimate business front for less legitimate activities. The space was filled with crates and shipping containers, and men who worked for Hunter moved about with purpose."She confronted her family," Hunter repeated, leaning against a metal desk. "Cut them off completely. Chose Chris Winchester over them.""That doesn't make sense," Victor said, pacing frantically. "The Sterlings were on my side. They wanted her to divorce him and marry me. Why would she choose him now?""Because you're bankrupt and humiliated," Hunter said bluntly. "And because maybe she actually loves him.""She can't love him," Victor insisted. "He's nothing. A warehouse worker living in a crappy apartment. What could she possibly see in him?"Hunter studied his younger brother with a mixture of pity and frustration. Victor had always been ambitious but never particularly smart. He saw what he wanted to see an
Chapter 16
"You have a lot of nerve showing up here."Margaret stood in the doorway of the Sterling mansion, arms crossed, face twisted with anger. Behind her, Richard and Johnson hovered in the hallway, looking equally unwelcoming."We need to talk," Vera said, her voice steady despite her racing heart."We've been calling you for two days," Margaret snapped. "You ignored us. And now you show up unannounced like nothing happened?""Can I come in or are we having this conversation on the porch?"Margaret stepped aside reluctantly. Vera walked into the house where she'd grown up, noticing how cold it felt now. How unwelcoming. Like walking into a stranger's home.They gathered in the living room, the same room where they'd had countless family meetings. Where they'd pressured her to divorce Chris. Where they'd celebrated getting him arrested."I know what you did," Vera said, standing while they all sat. "I know about the drugs you planted. I know you framed Chris and had him arrested."The room
Chapter 15
"Victor's video has been viewed over fifty thousand times in the past two hours."William stood in Chris's office, tablet in hand, monitoring the social media fallout. Chris sat behind his desk, fingers steepled, expression unreadable."Let it spread," Chris said calmly. "Let him rant.""But he's accusing you directly," Vera said from her seat by the window. "He's using your real name. People will start asking questions.""Let them ask," Chris said. "Victor Kane is a bankrupt businessman having a public breakdown. No one with credibility will take him seriously.""Some people already are," William said, scrolling through comments. "There are threads speculating about who Chris Winchester really is. A few people have connected your last name to David Winchester and Quantum Corp."Chris's jaw tightened slightly. "How many?""Not many. Maybe a dozen comments out of thousands. Most people think Victor is delusional or making things up.""Keep monitoring it," Chris instructed. "If the spec
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