Chapter 13 - Richard Tries To Protect The Family Legacy
Richard burst into the lantern room with his firearm raised, pointing the barrel directly at Thomas’s chest.
“Get away from my mother!” Richard yelled, his voice strained with the panic of a man losing everything.
“Put the gun down, Richard!” Evelyn commanded, stepping directly into the line of sight between them.
“Mother, if what he’s saying is true, our family will be completely wiped out by lawsuits tomorrow morning!” Richard argued.
“We deserve to be wiped out!” Evelyn shouted back, her voice echoing over the roar of the ocean waves.
“We lived on a lie built on a dead man’s foundation, and I will not spend another day hiding from the truth,” she declared.
Thomas looked at Richard with calm, unbothered detachment, making no movement to defend himself against the weapon.
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“The paperwork was filed with the federal court in Hartford two hours ago, young man,” Thomas said quietly.
“Your weapons and your money cannot stop the truth from being published in every newspaper in America tomorrow,” Thomas noted.
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