Chapter 7: Fractured Trust
As the day of the final sale approached, tension between Julian and Victoria reached a boiling point. Victoria discovered that Julian had quietly set up offshore accounts in Panama, planning to transfer the sanctuary’s funds to himself and leave her behind.
“You lied to me!” Victoria confronted him in the office, holding a stack of bank statements. “I helped you get rid of her!”
“You helped yourself,” Julian replied coldly, adjusting his tie. “You were greedy, Victoria. That makes you loose ends.”
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Victoria realized too late that a man who could throw his pregnant wife into the ocean would never be loyal to an accomplice. Panic set in. She began looking for an exit strategy, unaware that Evelyn’s legal team was secretly monitoring their every communication.
The conspirators were tearing each other apart from the inside.
