Chapter 9 - The Hidden LedgerMarcus discovered a hidden financial ledger buried inside an old Sterling family trust.
It contained transactions dating back fifteen years.
Daniel had been secretly moving money through the company long before anyone suspected Claire.
But one entry shocked Julian.
A transfer had been made to a private hospital.
The recipient was listed under a woman's name.
Julian looked at Marcus.
"Who is she?"
Marcus hesitated.
"Your mother."
Silence.
Julian's mother had died years ago.
The transfer had been made months after her death.
Someone had been using her identity.
And the amount was enormous.
Suddenly, the past began to look different.
The family fortune.
Daniel's disappearance.
Their father's death.
The original Sterling-Vance merger.
Julian realized the corruption didn't begin with Claire.
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It had begun generations earlier.
And someone had spent decades burying the truth.
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