Chapter 9 - Vanessa Meets With Her Corrupt Corporate Defense Lawyers
Across town in a sleek downtown high-rise office, Vanessa paced frantically across the imported Persian wool rug.
Her high heels clicked rhythmically against the floor as she shouted down the phone at her father’s lead legal advisor.
“You don't understand, Arthur! The kid recorded everything on a smart device! Hadrian has me dead to rights!”
“Calm down, Vanessa, you are panicking like an amateur,” Arthur Sterling’s calm, gravelly voice echoed through the speaker.
“Hadrian is a sentimental fool who cares too much about public image; we can spin this to our advantage in family court.”
“Spin what? I had a metal chain locked around his daughter’s ankle!” Vanessa shrieked, tearing her hair in frustration.
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“Then we file a counter-suit claiming the child has behavioral issues and you were trying to prevent her from wandering off.”
Vanessa stopped pacing, a wicked, desperate smile slowly spreading across her face as she clutched at the lifeline.
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