Chapter 16
"She never left the estate, Mr. Vance!" Clara shouted, her voice shaking with urgent desperation. "Your mother imprisoned her because she discovered the offshore accounts, and Noah saw everything!"
Before Arthur could process the staggering accusation, the heavy study door swung wide open. Margaret stood on the threshold, breathing heavily but maintaining her terrifying, aristocratic composure.
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"Don't listen to this hysterical girl, Arthur," Margaret commanded coldly, stepping into the room with her hands folded neatly in front of her. "She has been stealing from the estate and hallucinating stories."
Arthur looked back and forth between the two women, his mind reeling under the weight of conflicting realities. "Mother... unlock the basement service door right now."
