Chapter 3: The Unexpected Guest
The heavy front door of the mansion slammed open. The footsteps were heavy, rhythmic, and purposeful. Julian and Evelyn froze, paralyzed by the sound of sirens approaching the driveway.
A tall, imposing figure entered the library. It wasn't the police. It was Arthur Vance—the man Julian and Evelyn had spent three years trying to ruin, the billionaire patriarch everyone thought was in a coma in a private hospital wing in Switzerland.
He looked perfectly healthy. He looked furious.
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"I believe," Arthur said, his voice booming through the library, "that my daughter has a few things to discuss with you."
Julian collapsed into the chair, his hands shaking so violently he couldn't stand. He realized in that moment that his entire campaign, his funding, and his future had been orchestrated by the very man he thought he had successfully neutralized.
