Ethan drove Clara straight to the downtown high-rise office where her stepmother's legal team was currently operating.
The polished marble lobby was quiet as they rode the glass elevator all the way up to the penthouse floor.
They walked through the frosted glass doors into a luxurious executive boardroom filled with sleek leather chairs.
Sitting at the long mahogany table was Clara's stepmother, Victoria, dressed in an expensive dark business suit.
Victoria looked up from her documents, her eyes narrowing with cold disdain as she saw Clara and Ethan enter.
Victoria: Clara, what is the meaning of this intrusion? You have no business being in this building.
Clara: I am here to claim what my father left for me in his true original will, Victoria.
Victoria: You are entitled to nothing. The entire estate was transferred into my private account yesterday afternoon.
Ethan: That transfer was completely fraudulent, Victoria, and we have the legal paperwork to prove it today.
Ethan stepped forward and slammed the signed property deed copy directly onto the polished mahogany board table.
Victoria glanced down at the paper, her face turning pale as she spotted the co-trustee signatures clearly visible.
Victoria: Where did you get this document? This paper was supposed to be destroyed weeks ago!
Clara: You hid my father's papers because you knew the trust fund belonged to me and Ethan's family.
Victoria: You stupid girl! Your father owed millions to creditors before he died in that hospital bed!
Ethan: My uncle has already filed an emergency court injunction to freeze every single offshore bank account.
Victoria stood up abruptly, knocking her leather chair backward as panic finally broke through her cold facade.
Victoria: You cannot do this to me! I spent ten years taking care of that old man!
Clara: You isolated him from everyone who loved him, but your greedy scheme ends right here today.
Two police officers stepped through the boardroom doors behind Ethan, having been alerted by his uncle's legal firm.
Officer: Victoria Vance, you are under arrest for grand larceny, record tampering, and financial fraud.
Victoria gasped as the officers placed her in handcuffs and led her out of the penthouse boardroom.
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