Chapter 6 - The Arrival of the Attorney
The heavy glass sliding doors leading from the main house to the patio glided open.
A tall, distinguished man in a tailor-made charcoal suit stepped onto the marble tiles, carrying a leather briefcase. It was Marcus Sterling, the city's most prominent estate attorney and a lifelong executor of the family's assets.
Sloan gasped, taking a sharp step back against the dining table.
"Good evening, Catherine," Marcus said respectfully, bowing his head slightly toward the matriarch before turning his sharp gaze onto Harrison and Sloan.
"Mr. Sterling..." Harrison stammered, swallowing hard. "What is going on here? This is a private family party."
"It was a family party, Harrison," Marcus replied in a formal, authoritative tone. "Until sixty seconds ago, when your mother officially executed Clause 14 of the Vance Family Trust."
Marcus opened his briefcase and pulled out three signed, notarized court orders, placing them cleanly on the table right beside the ruined birthday cake.
"As of 8:00 PM tonight," Marcus announced clearly to the crowd, "Harrison Vance has been officially removed as trustee. All credit cards, corporate accounts, and property access rights issued under his name have been frozen."
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Sloan's jaw dropped in absolute horror. "Frozen?! With what authority?!"
👉 What ironclad authority gives Catherine the power to freeze every single cent her son and daughter-in-law possess?
