Chapter 16 - Confronting The Family Lawyer Who Drafted The Policy
Later that afternoon, Nathan’s private limousine pulled up outside a sleek corporate skyscraper in downtown Manhattan.
He walked into the high-floor office of Richard Sterling, the senior legal partner who had drafted the fatal insurance clause.
Richard looked up from his glass desk, adjusting his expensive titanium-rimmed glasses with a nervous flicker in his eyes.
“Mr. Cole... I wasn't expecting you in the city today. Is everything alright with the wedding preparations?” Richard asked.
Nathan walked slowly to the edge of the desk, tossing a copy of the amended insurance policy onto the glass surface.
“You helped my fiancée engineer a corporate assassination clause, Richard. Did you really think I wouldn't find out?” Nathan asked softly.
Richard turned pale as a sheet, his fountain pen slipping from his trembling fingers onto the Persian carpet below.
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“I was... I was coerced! She threatened to expose my offshore tax shelters if I didn't comply!” Richard blurted out.
“Then you can explain your coercion directly to the FBI grand jury waiting in the lobby downstairs,” Nathan stated coldly.
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