Arthur: Victoria, calm down. You are misinterpreting complex financial legal documents.
Victoria: Am I misinterpreting this pocket watch too, Arthur?
Victoria held up the antique gold pocket watch, letting it dangle from her fingers in front of his face.
Arthur: Where... where did you get that?
Victoria: It was dropped on my driveway less than an hour ago by the woman you tried to threaten into silence!
Arthur: That old woman is a fraud! She's been blackmailing your mother's estate for decades!
Victoria: Blackmailing? Or raising MY DAUGHTER who you and my mother stole from my hospital room?!
Arthur: Your mother made that decision to protect the family fortune from your deadbeat husband! If he found out you had an heir, he would have drained half the trust fund in the divorce!
Victoria: So you stole my baby?! You let me live twenty years in agony, thinking I lost my child?!
Arthur: It was your mother's order! I was just executing her legal wishes!
Victoria: And what about the extra hundred thousand dollars a year you siphoned off those payments for yourself, Arthur? Was that my mother's order too?
Arthur: You have no proof of any embezzlement!
Victoria: I don't need proof yet—the forensic accountants I just hired will find every single dime you stole!
The study doors opened slowly, and Evelyn walked out, followed by Lily. Arthur's eyes widened in horror as he stepped back toward the door.
Evelyn: You told me she was dead to the world, Mr. Vance. You told me Victoria abandoned her baby on purpose.
Arthur: Shut your mouth, old woman! You signed a non-disclosure agreement! If you speak, I will sue you into bankruptcy!
Lily: Don't you dare talk to my grandmother like that!
Victoria: She doesn't need to speak, Arthur. Because I am canceling your retainer, stripping you of power of attorney, and filing criminal charges for fraud, kidnapping conspiracy, and grand larceny!
Arthur: You wouldn't dare ruin my reputation over an old family secret!
Victoria: Watch me. Marcus! Escort Mr. Vance off my property and hold his vehicle until the police arrive!
Arthur: You're making a massive mistake, Victoria! Your mother's memory will be dragged through the dirt!
Victoria: My mother destroyed her own memory the day she traded her granddaughter for control of an estate!
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