Chapter 12 - The Grand Estate Faces Repossession
By late afternoon, federal marshals posted official yellow seizure notices across every door and window of the grand mansion.
The magnificent estate that had symbolized untouchable American wealth for half a century was now government-managed property.
Movers arrived with large wooden crates to inventory the expensive art pieces, antique furniture, and crystal chandeliers.
Victoria was escorted out of the building by two female officers, her dark teal silk dress wrinkled and stained with marble dust.
She shielded her face from the flashing cameras of tabloid reporters gathered outside the wrought-iron gates.
Not a single family member offered her a ride or a place to stay as she was led into the back of an unmarked police cruiser.
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The gates swung shut with a heavy, metallic clang, locking her out of the very fortress she had guarded with such ruthless malice.
Justice had moved swiftly, proving that cruelty always reaps its own bitter harvest in the end.
