Chapter 11 - The Vengeful Judge
At seven o'clock the next morning, national television news networks broadcast a shocking headline:
“VALE ENTERPRISES FACES $500 MILLION LAWSUIT AS JUDGE VANCE ACCUSES BILLIONAIRE OF FALSE IMPRISONMENT AND MAID COLLUSION.”
Judge Victor Vance—Evelyn’s powerful, corrupt father—had launched an all-out war against Dominic Vale. Using his vast legal influence and corrupt media connections, Judge Vance publicly painted Clara as an unhinged, criminal maid who had fabricated video footage to extort the Vale family.
Outside the gates of the Vale mansion, dozens of news vans, reporters, and paparazzi swarmed the estate, shouting questions into the security intercom.
Inside the study, Dominic stood by the window, his jaw clenched tight as his corporate attorneys paced nervously around the room.
“Mr. Vale, Judge Vance has froze three of our primary offshore investment accounts through an emergency injunction,” his lead attorney warned panic-stricken. “If we don't surrender the nursery camera footage to his private judicial committee, he will revoke your parental custody rights by noon!”
Dominic slammed his fist against the mahogany desk, shattering a glass paperweight into pieces. “He thinks he can use his judicial gavel to protect his abusive daughter?! I will burn his entire empire to the ground!”
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Clara stepped into the study, holding a thick brown legal envelope in her hands.
👉 “You don't have to burn anything down, Mr. Vale,” Clara said calmly. “I have the judge’s private medical records.”
