Chapter 14 - High Society Guests Abandon The Vances
The fifty high-society guests didn't wait to see how the tragic night would end for their once-powerful hosts.
They formed a hurried, anxious stampede toward the coat check, desperate to distance themselves from the scandal.
“Don't ever mention you saw me here tonight,” one prominent city councilman whispered to his colleague in the foyer.
“If the Sterling brothers trace any donations back to Vance, our political careers are completely finished.”
Within ten minutes, the grand ballroom was completely emptied of every single fair-weather friend and social climber.
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Only the security operatives, federal agents, and the five Sterling brothers remained inside the silent estate.
The glittering party that was supposed to celebrate Flora’s birthday had become the graveyard of the Vance dynasty.
