Chapter 5 - The Family Estate Lawyers Are Called In Immediately
Mark snatched the legal document off the mahogany surface, his eyes scanning the adoption registry lines with mounting disbelief.
“This... this says I was adopted from a state orphanage thirty years ago... it's a fake! Mother, tell me it's fake!” he cried out.
Evelyn refused to look at her son, her chest rising and falling rapidly as her decades-long deception finally crumbled.
“Call the family attorneys right now, Mark, and ask them why your trust fund is legally tied to a false identity,” Samantha instructed.
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Mark fumbled with his smartphone, his trembling fingers repeatedly dropping the device onto the expensive wool rug beneath his feet.
The impenetrable fortress of elite privilege that the family had built over generations was imploding in a matter of seconds.
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