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Chapter Fourteen
Author: Danny Ink
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Amanda sat alone in the quiet of her office, the glow of the city lights filtering through the glass walls. The weight of what she had learned pressed heavy on her chest. Jake Sullivan — Michael Kane Sullivan’s son — was not just some unlucky ex-husband. He was the rightful heir, the man her family had tried to erase.

Her fingers trembled as she stared at the documents spread out before her: the offshore transfers, the shell companies, the damning emails Ethan had uncovered. Everything pointed to one truth: the Carters had stolen Michael’s empire and buried the man himself.

The office door creaked open, and Richard entered, his face taut with exhaustion and fury.

“So,” Amanda said without looking up, “you want to explain why I found a wire transfer signed by you for five million to Darius Holt? After Michael died?”

Richard’s jaw clenched. “Amanda, you don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“Oh, I think I do,” she snapped. “And I’m done pretending. Diane, you, Greg — you covered it all
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