The night of the gala, I wore a custom-tailored suit, with the seal Grandma had left me now set into a pendant around my neck.I was just about to step onto the stage and give my speech when the ballroom doors were thrown open.Lauren swept in wearing a couture gown, Ryan on her arm.She made sure everyone saw them.“Ethan Spencer, you’re nothing but a thief with blood on your hands! You have no right to stand up there!”Her eyes locked onto mine.The entire ballroom erupted.Claire, my mother, and my father followed close behind, all three wearing expressions of righteous indignation.Lauren marched onto the stage and pulled out an old, yellowed contract along with a voice recorder.“Everyone, Ethan’s grandmother, the late Mrs. Spencer, was never the brilliant businesswoman everyone thought she was!”“She stole her partner’s core patent. Then, because she wanted all the shares for herself, she drove her partner’s entire family to their deaths!”“Ethan has that same rotten b
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