Chapter 11 - Silencing the venomous mother-in-law with an airtight restraining order that bars her from coming within five hundred feet of the penthouse or corporation.
Eleanor Vance was sitting in a dingy diner near Penn Station when a local sheriff's deputy slapped legal papers onto her sticky table.
She picked up the document, her hands shaking violently as she read the bold legal headings of an emergency restraining order.
"Prohibited from approaching within five hundred feet of Amelia Vance, Vance Technologies, or any associated residential property," Eleanor read aloud.
"If you violate this order, you will be booked into Rikers Island without bond," the deputy warned before walking away.
Eleanor slammed her fist against the diner table, knocking over her coffee cup as furious tears welled in her eyes.
"She ruined us... that ungrateful little monster destroyed everything we built!" Eleanor hissed to the empty booth around her.
Her social standing among Manhattan's elite was instantly obliterated, as former friends blocked her number and ignored her calls.
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The untouchable matriarch was now a pariah, hiding in cheap diners while facing the terrifying reality of federal prison.
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