Chapter 7 - The True Heir
Arthur, the lawyer, opened his briefcase. He pulled out a thick, legal document bearing a golden state seal and placed it on the glass coffee table.
"I'm not signing anything!" Emma cried, her hands shaking as she held the brass lamp. "I want to leave!"
Vincent walked over, completely unbothered by her weapon. He looked down at the terrified woman in the faded clothes.
"You aren't leaving until you sign that paper, Emma," Vincent stated coldly. "Because if you don't sign it, the Sterling family trust automatically triggers a mandatory genetic audit next week. And I cannot allow that to happen."
Emma froze. "The Sterling trust? What does that have to do with me?"
"You didn't just grow up at St. Jude's," Vincent explained, his voice dripping with venomous resentment. "Your mother was a waitress. My father had a pathetic, secret affair with her. When she died in the orphanage fire, my father paid millions to erase your existence. You are my half-sister, Emma."
Emma stopped breathing. The brass lamp slipped from her fingers, hitting the thick carpet with a dull thud.
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"And because my father never officially updated his will before his stroke," Vincent sneered, "you are legally entitled to fifty percent of the Vanguard corporate empire. Billions of dollars. Given to a woman who cleans toilets."
👉 What legal trap is written on the document sitting on the glass table?
