Chapter 3 - The Father Desperately Tries To Deny The Past
Arthur Sterling swallowed hard, his face draining of all natural color as he looked up from the ominous envelope on the table.
“This... this is an absurd fabrication, a malicious stunt concocted by someone trying to extort our family name,” Arthur stammered weakly.
The maid let out a cold, humorless laugh that cut through his defensive excuses like a razor-sharp scalpel.
“Extortion? You cannot extort someone for what rightfully belongs to me by blood and legal inheritance, Arthur,” she retorted.
Arthur flinched violently at hearing her use his first name instead of addressing him with the respect of a father.
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“You are nothing more than a domestic worker who stumbled into something you don't understand,” Arthur snapped back in sudden anger.
“I understand perfectly well that you threw my mother out onto the streets with nothing while you stole her family estate,” she replied.
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