Chapter 9 - Victoria Finally Explains Marcus
Victoria asked to speak without Anna or Evelyn present.
Daniel refused to isolate the people she had intimidated.
So she talked in front of everyone.
Marcus had gambling debts.
Three years earlier, he begged Victoria for help.
She arranged one consulting contract.
Then another.
At first, she claimed the work was real.
Eventually Marcus began submitting inflated invoices.
Victoria approved them because he threatened to expose something from
her past.
Daniel asked:
“What?”
Victoria looked at Anna.
Then at Evelyn.
“A child.”
Before meeting Daniel, Victoria had given birth to a daughter at
nineteen.
The adoption was private.
Her parents forced secrecy.
Marcus discovered records years later.
He used them to control her.
Daniel stared.
“You stole from my family because you were afraid I’d learn you had a
child?”
Victoria began crying.
“At first.”
“What does that mean?”
Eventually, fear became opportunity.
Victoria created Vantage Procurement herself.
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That money had not gone to Marcus.
It had gone to her.
