Chapter 16 - The Fall of the House of VanceRichard Vance stood near the back of the ballroom.
He watched the evidence appear on the screens.
His face became ghostly white.
Then he turned toward the exit.
Two federal agents were already waiting.
"Richard Vance?"
He stopped.
"You are under arrest."
Eleanor dropped the microphone.
The sound echoed across the ballroom.
Her friends began stepping away.
One by one.
The same people who had laughed beside her at private clubs now avoided looking at her.
Her empire didn't collapse slowly.
It collapsed all at once.
Julian watched from across the room.
His father was being taken away.
His mother stood alone.
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For the first time, Julian understood what wealth could never protect anyone from.
Consequences.
