Chapter 8 - The Arrest of the Matriarch
The magnificent crystal chandelier in the Bennett foyer seemed to look down in judgment as federal agents placed steel handcuffs around Evelyn’s wrists.
She didn't fight them, choosing instead to maintain a rigid, icy silence as she was escorted out to an awaiting police cruiser.
Grant arrived a few minutes later in his car, watching in stunned silence as his mother was driven away from the estate she had ruled with an iron fist for thirty years.
He stepped out of his vehicle and walked slowly up the front steps toward Rachel.
“Is it really over?” Grant asked softly, his voice trembling with exhaustion.
“The lies are over, Grant,” Rachel replied, looking at him without a trace of anger, only deep, sorrowful pity.
“Now comes the truth.”
She handed him the manila folder containing the complete genetic audit and the clinic’s illegal patient registry files.
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“You need to sign over your shares of the estate trust to Maddie, Grant,” Rachel added firmly.
“That is the only way we keep our daughter safe from this toxic inheritance.”
