Chapter 18 - The Collapse of Price Logistics
“You can't arrest my father!” Vanessa shrieked, grabbing the investigator’s arm, only to be shoved back firmly. “Do you know who we are?!”
“We know exactly who you are, Ms. Price,” Julian said coldly, looking down at her with absolute disgust. “You are former tenants who have twenty-four hours to vacate my corporate tower.”
As Richard Price was dragged out of his own penthouse office in handcuffs, news crews who had been tipped off by Julian’s legal team were already waiting in the lobby below.
Cameras flashed relentlessly as the disgraced CEO was led into a police cruiser, his daughter sobbing uncontrollably behind him.
By the next morning, the financial news headlines read:
PRICE LOGISTICS COLLAPSES FOLLOWING CEO’S EXTORTION ARREST; CALDER ENTERPRISES TERMINATES MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR LEASE.
Inside St. Jude Medical Center, Lily sat beside her mother’s bed in a bright, private corner room. Her mother, Sarah, was resting comfortably, her color returning as she smiled at her daughter.
“The doctors say I can come home next month, Lily,” Sarah said softly, stroking her daughter’s dark hair. “And they told me the entire medical bill has been paid off. How did this happen?”
Lily smiled through her warm tears, holding her mother’s hand tightly.
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“A good man and his father helped us, Mom,” Lily whispered softly. “Because someone decided to treat an old man with respect.”
👉 Suddenly, a knock sounded at the hospital room door.
