Chapter 10 - Grant Files False Restraining Orders Against His Wife
Sunday afternoon brought a devastating counter-move from the high-priced legal defense team representing the Blackwood estate.
Local news channels interrupted their regular broadcasts with breaking legal headlines flashed across the screen.
“Blackwood Holdings Heir Files Emergency Restraining Order Against Missing Wife Amid Embezzlement Allegations.”
Footage showed Grant standing outside the downtown courthouse, looking like a devastated, betrayed husband.
He wiped a fake tear from his cheek as microphones thrust toward him from reporters eager for a high-society scandal.
“My wife suffered a severe mental breakdown and fled with corporate assets after draining our family accounts,” Grant lied smoothly.
“We only want her to return home safely so she can receive the medical help she so desperately needs.”
I watched the screen from the safe house kitchen, gripping a coffee mug so tightly my knuckles turned stark white.
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“He’s preemptively painting me as unstable so any financial evidence I present looks like a delusion,” I realized aloud.
“It’s a classic corporate smear tactic,” Miller agreed, typing rapidly on his laptop terminal. “We need to strike back before sunrise.”
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