Marcus: I have the original settlement documents right here in my hand, Vance.
Dr. Vance: A piece of paper signed by a desperate woman eight years ago proves nothing except her greed.
Marcus: It has your personal signature on line four, right under the hospital seal!
Dr. Vance: Signatures can be disputed in court for years. In the meantime, I can freeze every asset you have before sunset.
Sarah: Please, Dr. Vance! Just leave us alone! We won't say anything to the press!
Sarah stepped out into the foyer, her eyes swollen and red. Lily and Maya stood right behind her, Maya clutching her sister's arm as she peeked from behind her mother's dress.
Dr. Vance: Ah, look at them. Identical. A medical marvel hidden in a dark closet for nearly a decade.
Marcus: Don't you dare look at my daughter like that!
Dr. Vance: Marcus, let’s be reasonable businessmen. I can double your company salary today. I can put another million into a private offshore trust for the girls' future.
Marcus: You think you can buy my child's freedom twice?
Dr. Vance: I am offering you a life of luxury and peace, Marcus! The alternative is complete financial destruction, public shame, and losing both of your children to child protective services!
Marcus: You missed one small detail, Dr. Vance.
Dr. Vance: And what detail is that?
Marcus pulled his smartphone out from his pocket and held it up to Vance’s face. The screen showed an active phone call that had been running for eleven minutes. The title at the top read: *Dallas County District Attorney's Special Investigations Unit*.
Marcus: I hit record and dialed my brother-in-law at the DA's office the second I stepped down from the attic.
Voice from Phone: We recorded every word of that conversation, Dr. Vance. Stay where you are. Units are three minutes away.
Dr. Vance’s face drained of all color. He stepped back off the porch step, his hand dropping his leather briefcase onto the concrete path.
Dr. Vance: Marcus... you don't know what you're doing... this will ruin everyone!
Marcus: No, Vance. It only ruins you.
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