Chapter 8 - Demanding custody rights inside a high stakes Manhattan law office as four identical quadruplets smile at their shocked biological father today.
The following morning, the sixty-fourth floor of a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper played host to an emergency legal summit.
Maya sat beside her legal aid attorney, wearing a simple blue dress purchased from a department store down the street.
Across the long glass conference table sat Julian, his father Arthur, and six elite corporate attorneys in black suits.
"We are prepared to offer Ms. Vance a five-million-dollar cash settlement in exchange for full custody," Eleanor’s attorney proposed.
Maya didn't even flinch, leaning forward and placing her palms flat against the shiny polished glass table surface.
"My sons are not for sale, Mr. Sterling; you couldn’t buy them seven years ago and you can't buy them now," Maya declared.
Julian looked across the table at Maya, seeing the fierce, unyielding strength that had made him fall for her years ago.
"I don't want to buy them out, Maya... I want to be their father," Julian blurted out, surprising his own legal team.
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His attorneys stared at him in disbelief, while Eleanor let out an audible gasp of anger from the back row.
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