Chapter 3 - The Custody Threat
Sabina’s hatred for Jessamine went far beyond simple snobbery. It was rooted in a terrifying, narcissistic desire to possess the next generation of the Sterling bloodline.
When Sabina learned that Jessamine was carrying a boy—the first male heir of the new generation—her obsession reached a psychotic level. She didn't want to be a grandmother; she wanted a do-over. She wanted to raise the child herself, molding him into the perfect, ruthless elite socialite she had always dreamed of, entirely free from Jessamine's "mediocre" influence.
Over the past two months, while pretending to organize the extravagant baby shower, Sabina had been secretly holding high-level meetings with a team of ruthless, corrupt family law attorneys.
Her master plan was horrifyingly calculating. By intentionally cutting off Callan and Jessamine’s access to the family trust, she was artificially creating an environment of severe "financial instability" for the young couple. Her lawyers were drafting a massive legal petition to submit to family court the moment the baby was born. Sabina intended to use her immense wealth and the manufactured financial crisis to formally declare Jessamine an unfit mother, claiming she lacked the resources to properly care for the Sterling heir.
Sabina genuinely believed her wealth made her completely untouchable. She believed that the family court system would effortlessly hand the infant over to the billionaire grandmother who could provide a "superior" life.
She invited her elite friends to the baby shower not to celebrate Jessamine, but to establish her own dominance as the ultimate matriarch. When Jessamine had quietly asked her mother-in-law to stop controlling the catering details earlier that afternoon, Sabina finally snapped, fully convinced she held all the power.
She shoved her pregnant daughter-in-law because she truly believed there would be absolutely no consequences for her actions.
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She had no idea what her son had found in his father's office just three hours earlier.
👉 Read Part 4 to discover the secret Callan uncovered before the party.
