Chapter 6 - The True Identity
Julian froze, looking at his mother in complete, breathless confusion. "What do you mean, Mom? You're a retired schoolteacher from Ohio."
Eleanor pulled a small silver key from inside her blue blouse, handing it to Julian with a steady, commanding hand.
"Go to the safe deposit box at JP Morgan Chase on Wall Street, box number 704," Eleanor instructed her son quietly.
"Your father wasn't an insurance salesman who died penniless, Julian," Eleanor disclosed, her voice trembling slightly with heavy emotion.
"He was Arthur Vance, the co-founder of Vance-Harrison Global Logistics, the company Chloe’s father stolen twenty years ago," she dropped the bombshell.
Julian stared at his mother as if the room had suddenly tilted on its axis, his heart pounding violently against his ribs.
"Chloe’s father, Richard Vance, forced us into hiding after arranging your father's tragic offshore boat accident," Eleanor continued.
"I pretended to be a poor working-class widow for twenty years to keep you alive until you reached thirty-five," she explained tears falling.
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"And tonight... you reached thirty-five, and Chloe accidentally handed us the exact weapon we needed to strike back," Eleanor concluded.
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