Chapter 9 - Lenora Schemes Behind Closed Doors With Local Lawyers
Lenora sat in a windowless conference room across from a high-priced corporate attorney in downtown Manhattan. The air smelled of stale coffee and expensive paper documents spread across the glass table.
"If Julian's engagement to Audrey Bellamy is permanently dissolved, our legal leverage disappears," the attorney noted, adjusting his glasses. Lenora crossed her arms, her face set in a hard, stubborn line.
"There must be another way to access the Bellamy trust fund," Lenora insisted quietly. "Richard Bellamy has vulnerabilities connected to his old business deals from thirty years ago."
The lawyer leaned back in his leather chair, tapping a pen against the glass surface thoughtfully. "We could file a civil suit claiming fraud regarding the old property acquisitions," the lawyer suggested slowly.
"Do it," Lenora ordered without hesitation. "Richard thinks he can hide behind his wealth, but I know where all his financial bodies are buried." The lawyer nodded, sliding a thick contract across the table for her signature.
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Lenora picked up a silver pen, her hand steady as she signed her name to the document. She had spent decades waiting for revenge against the Bellamy family, and she wasn't going to let a broken wedding stop her now.
As she stood up to leave, her phone rang with an incoming call from Julian. She answered it immediately, bracing herself for the inevitable explosion from her desperate son.
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