Chapter 7 - THE SECRET WILL
By morning, news of Camille Sterling's arrest at the Greenwich estate dominated national media outlets.
Wall Street traders watched in shock as Sterling Global stock dropped fifteen percent within hours.
Inside the high-rise offices of Sterling Enterprises in Manhattan, Julian met with the family's senior legal counsel, Arthur Vance.
Arthur laid out a thick leather binder stamped with the official seal of the state of Connecticut.
"Julian, your father left a secondary codicil to his will, to be opened only if the pendant was recovered," Arthur explained.
"What does it say, Arthur?" Julian asked, staring out at the Manhattan skyline.
"It states that fifty-one percent of all voting shares in Sterling Global do not belong to you or Camille," Arthur revealed.
Julian turned around slowly. "Then who owns them?"
"They were placed in a private trust for a child born to Lady Eleanor in secret twenty-five years ago," Arthur read aloud.
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Julian's breath caught in his throat. "A child? I don't have another sibling."
"According to the medical records attached to the codicil," Arthur said softly, "you do. A younger sister."
