Chapter 7 - UNCOVERING THE TRUST FUND FRAUD
Arthur stared at his wife, his mouth opening and closing as the shock of her words settled into his mind.
"What are you talking about? My mother manages the Vanderbilt Trust with absolute integrity!" Arthur insisted defensively.
Clara tapped her smartphone screen, projecting a series of bank statements onto the wall monitor behind the desk.
Offshore accounts registered in the Cayman Islands blinked in bright red text, detailing transfers totaling over forty million dollars.
"Every dollar stolen from the trust was used to cover her personal gambling debts at private casinos in London," Clara revealed smoothly.
Arthur collapsed into a leather armchair, burying his face in his hands as his world shattered around him.
"My father's legacy... ruined," Arthur whispered, tears welling in his eyes.
"Not ruined, Arthur. Salvaged," Clara corrected him, stepping around the desk in her dark red silk blouse.
"I filed an emergency injunction freezing all offshore accounts connected to Eleanor's name twenty minutes before dinner," Clara added.
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Arthur looked up at his wife, realizing for the first time that the quiet woman he married was a brilliant, lethal strategist.
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