Chapter 5 - The Desperate Lie
Vanessa hyperventilated, the elegant white dress suddenly feeling suffocatingly tight. She realized she was standing on the edge of a massive federal prison sentence for extortion and elder abuse.
"Your mother wanted to do it, Julian!" Vanessa lied hysterically, completely throwing the confused, terrified elderly woman under the bus. "She said she wanted to ensure my financial security before the wedding! She called the lawyers herself!"
Julian slowly turned his head, looking directly at Sadie.
"Is that true, Sadie?" Julian asked, his voice completely bypassing his fiancée's panic, trusting the bleeding maid entirely.
Sadie didn't flinch. She looked dead into the eyes of the most terrifying man in the city.
"No, sir," Sadie stated flawlessly, entirely devoid of fear. "Your mother has been resting all evening. Miss Vanessa brought the notary here in secret. When your mother refused to sign, Miss Vanessa tried to physically force the pen into her hand. I stepped in between them."
Vanessa let out a horrific, breathless gasp of pure despair. "You lying servant! I didn't touch her!"
"Then how did Sadie's face get cut?" Julian whispered lethally, stepping aggressively closer to his fiancée.
Vanessa stopped breathing. She instinctively looked down at her own hand.
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Caught in the bright light of the conservatory, the massive, three-carat diamond engagement ring on Vanessa's finger was heavily smeared with Sadie’s fresh blood.
👉 What absolute, brutal justice is the billionaire about to execute?
