Chapter 6 - The Night Corbin Chose SidesCorbin ended the call.
For the first time in his life, his family name felt like something dangerous.
He immediately moved Lianna and Austin to a secure guest cottage on the Stanford estate.
Lianna resisted.
“I don't want your charity.”
“This isn't charity.”
Corbin looked at Austin sleeping in her arms.
“This is protection.”
Harrison contacted a former federal prosecutor he trusted.
Meanwhile, Corbin quietly ordered an independent forensic audit of Stanford Development.
He told no one in his family.
By morning, Richard Stanford arrived at Corbin's estate.
He demanded the envelope.
Corbin refused.
Father and son stood opposite each other in the same library where Corbin had once learned business strategy as a teenager.
“You don't understand what you're doing,” Richard said.
“Then explain it.”
Richard looked exhausted.
“Malcolm made mistakes.”
“Thirty-two million dollars isn't a mistake.”
“Families survive by protecting each other.”
Corbin stepped closer.
“Did Daniel survive?”
Richard said nothing.
That silence ended something between them.
Corbin opened the door.
“Leave my house.”
Richard stared at his son.
“You're choosing a housekeeper over your family?”
Corbin shook his head.
“No.”
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He looked toward the cottage where Lianna and Austin were staying.
“I'm choosing the truth.”
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