Chapter 7 - Watching greedy family members panic when the infant baby reaches exclusively for the disgraced maid instead of his wealthy and powerful socialite stepmother figure today.
Clara took the yellow envelope with trembling fingers, sliding out the multi-page legal document with deliberate, agonizing slowness.
"This is... this is the voluntary relinquishment waiver I signed five years ago under federal court coercion," Clara whispered in shock.
"It's a forged custody surrender that my mother and Julian used to declare you legally deceased and strip you of all parental rights," Liam growled.
He opened another folder containing bank wire transfer receipts, revealing millions of dollars funneled into shell accounts controlled by Eleanor.
"They paid off the judge, staged the car accident report, and told me you died in the wreckage so I would marry into the board," Liam added.
Clara stared at the papers, the memories of that terrifying night in the hospital returning in a blinding wave of trauma and grief.
Just then, little Nico stirred in her arms, letting out a soft yawn and sleepily rubbing his tiny knuckles against his pale yellow onesie.
The infant turned his head, locking his big blue eyes onto Clara's face and letting out a contented little sigh before drifting off again.
The door to the study burst open, and Eleanor rushed in, followed by her lawyers and the socialite stepmother who had just arrived.
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"Liam, you are destroying our family empire over a mentally unstable impostor!" the stepmother shrieked, pointing an accusing manicured finger.
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