Chapter 5
By morning, news of the Vance family scandal had broken across every major television network in Manhattan.
Wall Street investors panicked as shares in Vance Global Conglomerate plunged by thirty percent in pre-market trading.
Reporters swarmed the estate gates in Greenwich, Connecticut, snapping photos of federal marshals seizing company documents.
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Inside the precinct holding cell, Beatrice sat on a cold bench, her emerald velvet dress now rumpled and ruined.
Her high-society friends had already erased her name from charity boards and exclusive country club rosters.
