Chapter 4

The guards seized Julian by the arms, dragging him across the polished marble as he kicked and screamed like a spoiled child.
Vanessa tried to run up the grand spiral staircase to her bedroom, but a guard blocked her path with a heavy hand.
“Do not touch my things! I have million-dollar diamonds in that safe!” Vanessa wailed, her sleek blonde bun coming completely undone.
“Everything purchased with the estate's money now legally belongs to the sole beneficiary,” Mr. Sterling reminded her with zero empathy.
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Chloe watched them being thrown out the front doors onto the cold, unforgiving pavement of the long driveway.
The heavy doors clicked shut, plunging the mansion into a beautiful, undisturbed peace that Chloe hadn't felt in over a decade.