Chapter 6 - The Brother's Greed
Six months prior to this lavish birthday celebration, the legendary patriarch of the Vance empire had passed away from natural causes. In his finalized will, he had bypassed his younger son Julian entirely, leaving his multi-billion-dollar international defense corporation and primary family trust fund directly to his five-year-old grandson, Noah.
Ethan was appointed as the sole trustee and executor of the estate until Noah turned twenty-one.
However, the trust contained one specific, lethal clause drafted by the family's old estate attorneys: if Noah were to die or suffer a fatal accident before reaching adulthood without surviving direct descendants, his entire eighty percent stake in Vance International would automatically revert to his uncle, Julian Vance.
Julian had spent the last three years living an excessively reckless lifestyle, accruing over forty million dollars in dangerous gambling debts to an aggressive overseas cartel. The loan sharks had given him an ultimatum: pay the full amount by the end of the month, or forfeit his life.
Desperate to avoid complete financial ruin, Julian had hired a disgraced former military contractor—disguised as an extra event security guard—to orchestrate a seemingly tragic "accident" during the chaotic birthday party.
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They had calculated that an eighty-pound solid marble pedestal falling from six feet high would easily crush a child, making it look like a tragic structural defect of the party setup.
👉 Read PART 7 to see how Elena had suspected the security guard before the party!
