Chapter 11 - The Stolen Patent

Carter took a step into the warm foyer, water dripping from his trousers onto the Italian marble floor.
"She’s sick, Chloe! She has a gambling addiction that ruined my father before he died!" Carter confessed desperately.
"Then you should have gotten her help instead of letting her abuse your wife," Chloe replied without hesitation.
She reached into her desk drawer and pulled out a manila envelope stamped with red security tape.
"Three years ago, your mother stole my grandfather's bio-tech patent documents from our safe," Chloe revealed.
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"She sold those medical research files to an offshore pharma syndicate in Zurich."
Carter stared at the documents, his breath catching in his chest as the full extent of his mother's crimes hit him.