Chapter 4
The footage played in agonizing high definition on the tablet screen.
Carter watched in mounting horror as Martha struck little Lily across the arm while Evelyn stood by in her emerald green dress, sipping champagne without blinking.
Thirty minutes later in the footage, a man in a tailored charcoal suit entered the private library through the terrace doors.
Carter’s eyes narrowed into slits as he recognized the visitor instantly—Harrison Cole, his chief rival on Wall Street and the CEO of Vanguard Capital.
In the video, Evelyn wrapped her arms around Harrison Cole, kissing him passionately in the middle of Carter's private sanctuary.
"When the poison in his morning coffee finally takes effect, the entire Sterling empire defaults to me," Evelyn said on the crystal-clear audio recording.
"And what about the little girl?" Harrison Cole asked with a cold smirk.
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"Martha will make sure she looks mentally unstable," Evelyn replied coldly. "She'll be locked away in an institution long before the probate court convenes."
Carter closed the tablet, a dark, lethal calmness settling over his mind.
