Chapter 4: The House of Cards
"Get him out of here!" Serena shrieked, her poise shattering into a thousand jagged pieces. She reached for her security detail, but they were already stepping back, sensing the shift in the wind.
Arthur tapped a button on his tablet. The audio filled the ballroom: Serena’s cold, calculated voice, threatening a child, boasting about the liquidation of the Blackwood accounts, and detailing the "accident" that had claimed Leo’s father.
The mansion’s perfect appearance began to crack. The guests scrambled toward the exits, their phones out, recording the downfall of the woman they had toasted just minutes before. Serena stood alone in the center of the room, her empire dissolving in real-time. She had built her life on the assumption that she was the smartest person in the room, never realizing that the child she abused was the very fuse that would blow her world apart.
