Chapter 7 - MAYA’S HIDDEN PAST
Maya gasped, looking at the black flash drive in total shock and disbelief.
"My father was just a mechanic who worked in Brooklyn, Adrian... he had nothing to do with Wall Street," Maya stammered.
"Your father owned the maritime patents for the Deepwater Port in New Jersey before he mysteriously died in 2008," Adrian explained.
He opened his laptop, inserting the drive and pulling up dusty, archived corporate filings from two decades prior.
"Arthur Vance stole those patents through a fraudulent shell company while your mother was in the hospital," Adrian revealed gently.
Tears welled in Maya's dark eyes as the missing pieces of her childhood tragedy suddenly fell into place.
"He didn't just ruin my family... he made me work as a servant in the very estate built on my father's stolen legacy," Maya whispered.
"That's why I walked away from the merger, Maya," Adrian said, taking both of her hands in his.
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"I am going to help you reclaim everything they took from you, down to the last cent."
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