Chapter 20 - THE SECOND WILL
"My father built Vance Global with his own hands!" Julian countered. "Your family laundered money and committed murder!"
"Your father stole the patents from my grandfather!" Victoria screamed back. "This company was built on stolen blood!"
She held up the leather folder, wavering it over the edge of the stone balcony railing.
"In this folder is the original partnership agreement," Victoria revealed. "It proves my family owns fifty percent of every asset Vance Global possesses."
"That agreement was revoked forty years ago," Emily stated calmly. "I have the legal cancellation records in my safe."
Victoria’s eyes narrowed in shock. "You're lying!"
"Search the public archives in Albany," Emily said, taking a step up the staircase. "My father signed the official dissolution papers himself."
"No!" Victoria shrieked, aiming her gun directly at Emily.
Before Victoria could pull the trigger, a sharp gunshot echoed from the dark shadows of the balcony ceiling.
Victoria gasped as the bullet struck her arm, forcing her to drop the gun and the folder into the dark abyss of the ballroom floor.
A tall figure stepped out of the shadows on the upper level, holding a suppressed rifle.
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Julian caught the folder mid-air as it fell, clutching it tight against his chest.
"Who shot her?" Julian asked in shock, looking up at the mysterious sniper.
