Chapter 6 - Business Partners Realize A Massive Deception Is Unfolding
The hardware store employees who had worked alongside Thomas for over a decade stepped forward in protective solidarity around Leo. Old man Miller, who had managed the tool department since Thomas’s father ran the shop, glared at Vanessa.
“She’s been trying to push Leo out of the house for months, Thomas, claiming he didn't belong in the family portrait,” Miller growled. The bank loan officer pulled out his smartphone, calling his legal department to place an immediate freeze on all pending commercial credit lines.
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“If those transfer papers were filed tomorrow, Vanessa would own your entire livelihood before the ink even dried,” the banker stated gravely. Thomas felt a cold fury replace his shock, his gaze locking onto the woman he had trusted with his life and home.
The community had seen through the elaborate theatrical performance in a matter of seconds.
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