Chapter 12 - Evelyn Learns Her Empire Fell

Across town inside a drab, temporary holding apartment in Queens, Evelyn stared blankly at her television screen.
Financial news anchors were broadcasting live footage of Sterling Enterprises locking down all Montgomery assets.
“No... no! This isn’t happening! I built that social standing!” Evelyn screamed, hurling a crystal vase against the wall.
Her phone rang continuously with calls from creditors, boutique managers, and lawyers dropping her representation.
The golden cage she had constructed through lies, deceit, and cruelty had shattered into a million worthless pieces.
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She realized too late that Dominic Sterling was not a man you could betray and walk away from alive.
He was an economic titan who controlled the very air breathed by Manhattan’s elite upper crust.