Chapter 7 - The Hidden AccountJulian left the ballroom with the girl that night.
But he did not sleep.
In his penthouse office, his legal team assembled before midnight.
He placed the pearls on the table.
"Find every transaction involving Eleanor Vance during the last ten years."
His chief attorney hesitated.
"We've searched before."
"Search again."
This time, Julian knew where to look.
The pearls had provided something investigators never had before: a connection to Eleanor's hidden life.
By sunrise, they found an old trust account.
It had been created under a different surname.
The beneficiary?
Lily Vance.
Julian stared at the screen.
His niece's name.
But the account had been emptied three years earlier.
Every dollar.
Every property.
Every asset Eleanor had left behind.
Someone had systematically erased Lily's inheritance.
And the signatures authorizing the transfers led back to a company controlled by Genevieve's family.
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Julian leaned back.
The mystery was becoming a conspiracy.
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