Chapter 3 - The Accusation In The Hallway
Graham stepped out from the shadows of the archway, setting his scotch glass down on a side table with a slow, deliberate clink.
"Vivian has been suffering from advancing dementia for two years, Callum," Graham said in a smooth, calculated voice. "You know how she mixes up memories from the past. My brother Daniel embezzled millions from Mercer Industrial before his death. The police records proved it."
"The police records were forged!" Vivian cried out, resting her weight against Harper. "You framed your own brother so you could take control of the family board!"
Callum stepped down two marble steps, his mind racing as he looked between his mother and his uncle.
"Uncle Graham, why is there a photograph of Harper's mother in my father's private envelope?" Callum asked, his tone dropping into a dangerous, suspicious register.
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"She was just a maid who worked here thirty years ago," Graham dismissed dismissively, flicking a speck of dust from his sleeve. "It means nothing."
👉 What did Harper find inside her mother's old leather journal that disproved Graham's lie?
