Chapter 4: The House of Glass
The next hour was a whirlwind of activity. The police arrived, but they weren't there for the boy. They were there for Mrs. Sterling. As she was dragged out, screaming about her rights and her 'loyal service,' she looked back to see the boy sitting on a velvet chair, drinking hot cocoa brought to him by a personal aide.
Arthur sat across from him. "Tell me everything," he said. "How did you survive for six years?"
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Leo told him about the tiny apartment, the jobs his mother had taken before she got sick, and the locket she had given him on her 'final' night. It was a story of poverty, but also a story of resilience that mirrored the man sitting before him.
Arthur realized then that the 'death' of his daughter had been a masterclass in corporate gaslighting. Mrs. Sterling had staged the accident, forged the death certificates, and paid off the local medical examiner to keep Anna in a long-term care facility, slowly draining the funds she had embezzled from his secondary holdings.
