Chapter 11 - The Unraveling
Arthur’s smile instantly froze on his face. He lowered the microphone, his eyes widening in pure shock as Susan approached the stage.
"Susan?" Arthur whispered, his voice echoing slightly through the sound system. "What... what are you doing here? I thought you were staying at your sister's..."
"I was," Susan said, her calm voice carrying across the quiet room. "Until I finished reviewing our financial and medical history, Arthur."
Julian Sterling stepped forward on the stage, his face darkening with rage. "Security! Get this woman out of here! She’s causing a public disturbance!"
"Touch me, and you'll be interfering with federal evidence, Julian," Susan announced, turning toward the crowd of influential guests, news reporters, and investors.
She held up a thick legal folder, pulling out the gold-embossed copy of the 2008 organ sale contract and the ultrasound scan.
"Eighteen years ago, my husband Arthur Vance sold my left kidney to Julian Sterling for six hundred and fifty thousand dollars while I lay unconscious after a car accident!" Susan declared, her voice ringing clear and strong across the ballroom.
Gasps of horror erupted across the crowd. Photographers immediately raised their cameras, flashes stroking the stage in bright white light.
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"She's lying! She's mentally unstable!" Arthur screamed into his microphone, his face turning bright red with panic. "She's trying to ruin my reputation because I filed for divorce!"
👉 Who stepped out from behind the velvet curtains to prove Susan was telling the absolute truth?
