Chapter 7 - Lorraine Tries To Play The Victim In Public
“Mom, shut up! You’re making it worse!” Daniel yelled through the phone speaker, realizing his secret plot had blown wide open.
“Making it worse? She just threatened to call the police on me in my own son’s home!” Lorraine wailed theatrically.
Mr. Vance exchanged a firm, knowing look with the two security guards standing near the entryway.
“Mr. Bennett, this is building management,” Mr. Vance spoke up clearly, leaning down toward Claire’s phone.
“Your mother has thirty minutes to vacate Unit 12B with her personal belongings, or we will escort her out for trespassing.”
“You can’t do that! I’m family!” Lorraine shrieked, clutching her emerald silk robe tighter around her shoulders.
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“You have zero legal standing in this building, madam,” Mr. Vance replied with unyielding professional authority.
Daniel stammered frantically through the phone, “Wait, Mr. Vance, please don't involve security—let me catch a cab home right now!”
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