Chapter 5 - The Lockdown
"Send security up to the fourth floor, Suite 402," Thomas said into the phone, his voice steady and authoritative. "And tell the corporate legal team to file the emergency petition immediately. Freeze all joint accounts connected to the Bennett group."
Brandon scrambled up from the floor, his face flushed with a mixture of terror and desperation. "Wait! Mr. Carter, stop! You can't freeze my corporate accounts! My payroll goes out on Friday! My company will collapse in forty-eight hours!"
"Your company was built on my daughter's stolen money," Thomas replied, locking the phone screen with a sharp click. "It shouldn't exist in forty-eight hours."
Within ninety seconds, the heavy double doors of the maternity suite opened once more. Two tall, uniformed hospital security officers stepped into the room, accompanied by two officers from the city police department who had been waiting downstairs on Thomas's instructions.
"Brandon Bennett?" the lead officer asked, holding a legal document in his gloved hand.
Brandon took a step back, his back hitting the glass window frame. "What is this? This is a private family matter! You have no right to be in here!"
"Mr. Bennett, we have a report of domestic assault inside a medical facility," the officer stated firmly, pulling a pair of steel handcuffs from his tactical belt. "We also have a restraining order issued by the district court, effective immediately."
"Restraining order?!" Brandon shrieked, his voice cracking like an embarrassed teenager's. "I'm the father! That's my son!"
"Not anymore," Claire said quietly, looking him dead in the eye for the first time since he struck her. "You wanted an heir, Brandon. Now you have nothing."
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The police officers moved forward, grabbing Brandon by his arms and pulling them behind his back.
👉 Read Part 6 to see what happened when Brandon was marched out of the hospital.
