Chapter 4 - VENOM IN THE SHADOWS
Vanessa was not a woman who accepted defeat. Bursting into the Manhattan office of Arthur’s estranged uncle, Richard Sterling, she slammed her fists on his mahogany desk. "He found the brat, Richard. The girl from eighteen years ago." Richard’s blood ran cold. He had orchestrated the kidnapping to break Arthur’s spirit and seize control of the Sterling Empire, a plan that had failed but remained perfectly hidden. If Arthur proved Emily’s identity, Richard’s treason would be exposed. "I still have friends in that lab," Richard sneered, pulling out a burner phone. "The DNA results will show she’s a fraud. And then, we dispose of her permanently."
