Chapter 5 - The Mother-In-Law’s Desperate Call To High Society
Miles away in a cramped suite at a local Manhattan hotel, Eleanor paced frantically across the cheap carpeting.
Her phone buzzed incessantly as she dialed every wealthy socialite and board member she had cultivated over the past decade.
“Darling, it’s Eleanor; Julian and I are experiencing a temporary liquidity crisis with Vivienne,” she purred into the receiver.
On the other end of the line, her closest confidante hesitated before offering a cold, corporate excuse.
“I’m terribly sorry, Eleanor, but my husband’s firm is currently reviewing all joint ventures with the Sterling family,” the woman replied.
By the third call, the truth had spread like wildfire across the upper echelons of New York high society.
The proud matriarch who once ruled charity galas was suddenly receiving polite rejections and blocked phone calls.
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Nobody wanted to align themselves with a disgraced family attempting to steal from an untouchable trust fund.
Eleanor slammed her phone down onto the nightstand, realizing their golden empire had crumbled in less than a day.
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