Chapter 4 - The Red Folder Reveals Months of Systematic Cruelty
Nathaniel pulled several printed email logs and photographic printouts from the crimson folder one by one.
The documents detailed months of systematic harassment, wage withholding threats, and psychological abuse directed at the estate staff.
“You forced the kitchen staff to work twenty-hour shifts without overtime while pocketing their hazard bonuses,” Nathaniel read aloud.
“That’s a lie! Disgruntled employees always fabricate things to extort money!” Vanessa shrieked, tears springing to her eyes.
Nathaniel turned another page, revealing signed memos where Vanessa threatened to evict single mothers from estate housing.
And right there near the bottom was a written log of every time she had terrorized little Lily in the hallways.
“You told a four-year-old child that she was trash who didn’t belong under a roof I own,” Nathaniel stated flatly.
The ballroom erupted into a low, scandalized murmur as the elite guests whispered among themselves in absolute shock.
Vanessa’s father, a powerful Chicago board member, pushed his way through the crowd with an enraged expression.
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“Nathaniel, put those papers down right now and don't listen to these hysterical lies!” Richard Lowell roared.
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