Chapter 12 - Victoria’s Cold Retaliation in the Ward
Before the elevator doors closed in the lobby, Victoria managed one final, venomous threat directed at the security detail.
“Tell that ungrateful girl in room four-twelve that her baby will never carry the Vance name in this lifetime,” she snarled.
The elevator doors slid shut silently, cutting off her voice and sealing her fate inside the federal judicial system.
Upstairs in the quiet suite, Sarah smiled faintly at Uncle Richard’s words, feeling completely at peace with that prospect.
“My child doesn't need their toxic name, Richard... my baby will have a clean slate and a mother who fought for her,” Sarah replied.
The American flag outside the window caught a sudden gust of wind, snapping crisply against its metal pole in the sunlight.
Uncle Richard sat in the armchair beside the bed, reviewing the final pages of the signed federal whistleblower agreement.
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“The asset recovery team has already seized their primary residential estates in Palm Beach and downtown Chicago,” Richard noted.
“Good... let them experience what it feels like to have nothing left except their own empty reflections,” Sarah whispered.
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