Chapter 4 - The Eviction
Ryan’s phone dropped from his hand, bouncing off the padded floor. "Claire... wait! Let’s talk about this privately! I can explain those transfers! It was an investment scheme!"
"Save it for the grand jury, son," Claire’s father said calmly. He raised his hand and gestured toward the two security guards holding Vanessa at the door. "Chief Johnson, clear this hallway. Remove this woman from the premises immediately."
Vanessa gasped, her hysterical crying turning into frantic screeching. "Ryan! Do something! You told me this family was weak! You said we were going to take over their estate!"
The security officers didn't hesitate. They gripped Vanessa by her arms and ushered her down the corridor toward the service elevators. Her desperate screams faded into the distance.
Ryan turned back to Claire, his hands trembling as he fell to his knees beside her hospital bed.
"Claire, please look at me!" Ryan begged, his voice cracking with pathetic desperation. "I love you! That girl meant nothing to me! She manipulated me! I was stressed about the corporate merger! Please, think of our baby daughter! She needs her father!"
Claire held her baby tighter against her breast, leaning her head back against her mother’s shoulder. She looked down at Ryan kneeling on the floor, her expression completely indifferent.
"Our daughter will grow up knowing her grandfather," Claire said softly. "She will never know a coward who left her mother to suffer in labor."
Two state police troopers—who had been summoned by Claire’s father twenty minutes earlier—stepped into the suite.
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"Ryan Sterling," the lead trooper announced, pulling a set of heavy steel handcuffs from his belt. "You are under arrest for grand larceny, corporate embezzlement, and wire fraud."
👉 Read Part 5 to see Ryan hauled away in front of the entire hospital staff.
