Chapter 6 - Retaining Richmond Most Feared Aggressive Civil Attorney
Harrison Vance arrived at my suburban home two hours later carrying a heavy leather briefcase and an unyielding expression. We sat together at the dining room table as he laid out a comprehensive roadmap for our upcoming legal strategy.
"Your father’s firm defaulted on their commercial building lease last month, and their bank loans are coming due," Harrison explained. "They are desperately looking for an angel investor to bail them out of impending bankruptcy."
"What happens if we buy up their distressed debt through Julian’s holding company?" I asked, leaning forward intently. Harrison smiled, a sharp, predatory grin that reminded me why he was Richmond’s most feared corporate lawyer.
"It means you become their sole primary creditor, Sienna," Harrison said, tapping a pen against the paperwork. "You will hold absolute legal authority to foreclose on their office building, freeze their accounts, and repossess their home."
I thought back to my father’s calm, dismissive voice over the phone on the day my husband and children died. "Sienna, Friday is your sister’s birthday dinner. We can’t come." The memory washed away any lingering hesitation in my heart.
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"Let's execute every single phase of the asset acquisition starting tomorrow morning," I instructed with cold determination. Harrison nodded, sliding a thick stack of retainer agreements and power-of-attorney forms across the table for my signature.
I signed my name in crisp, firm cursive strokes, legally sealing my family's financial fate. My father had chosen a birthday dinner over his dying grandchildren; now he would pay for that choice with everything he owned.
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