Semua Bab My Four Adopted Sons Betrayed My Daughter: Bab 1 - Bab 10

On the drive home, Elena stayed curled in the corner of the back seat, clutching the edge of my coat with both hands.“Mom, I didn’t bully Sabrina.”Her voice was faint and hoarse from crying and screaming for so long.“She wanted to borrow the dress I’m wearing to my eighteenth-birthday gala. I told her the alterations weren’t finished, so I couldn’t lend it to her. That was when she deliberately poured coffee over my shoes.”“All I did was tell her to stay away from me. Then Dante and the others showed up.”I pulled my daughter into my arms and gently rubbed her back.“I believe you.”Elena was silent for a moment before she looked up at me.“They heard me calling for help, didn’t they?”I couldn’t lie to her.“Yes.”The last trace of hope faded from her eyes.Seventeen years ago, I brought four boys home from different foster homes.Dante was already twelve. He trusted no adult, yet he would save part of his own meals for the younger children.Luca was used to solving problems with

Elena did not go to school the following morning.She sat at the dining table, repeatedly refreshing the competition website as she waited for the committee to respond to the appeal she had submitted the night before.“Will they look at my evidence?” she asked.“They will, but they won’t reach a decision immediately.”I had already instructed my attorneys to send legal preservation notices to the school, the competition committee, and the Leeds Foundation.From that moment forward, any attempt to delete an email, alter a document, or change a system record would leave evidence behind.Elena was still uneasy.“What if Sabrina uses my proposal in the preliminary round today?”“Let her.”Elena looked up at me.“You created the entire plan. All she has is an edited file. The judges only need to ask a few questions before they realize who truly understands the project.”“But Dante and the others will help her.”“They can prepare answers for her. They cannot put your ability inside her head.

Dante was the first to regain his composure.He glanced at the attorneys and investigators standing behind Anthony, then turned toward the Leeds Group security officers beside the conference table.“The board just voted to strip Catherine of her authority over company personnel. Remove these outsiders from the building immediately.”Neither guard moved.Helen, the chief legal officer of Leeds Group, stepped forward and placed a document in front of Dante.“They are not employees of Leeds Group, and Mrs. Leeds did not bring them here under her authority as a director.”“Then why were they allowed into the building?”“Because the Leeds Holding Trust remains the company’s largest single shareholder, and Catherine Leeds is still its sole trustee. The agreement you tried to make her sign never took effect.”Helen opened a second document.“More importantly, the independent audit committee received a report this morning alleging undisclosed related-party transactions, misappropriation of fun

The investigation continued for three weeks.The audit findings were worse than I had expected. Over the previous three years, the four brothers had moved more than eighty million dollars through seventeen related companies, and at least twenty-six million could not be matched to any legitimate services.Hayes Strategic Consulting had received twelve million dollars from the Leeds Foundation. More than half of that money had eventually entered accounts controlled by Sabrina’s mother.Dante approved the projects. Matteo bypassed the usual financial reviews. Luca used the public relations department to conceal the relationships between the companies, while Nico added shell corporations to the approved supplier list.Each brother controlled a different stage of the process, creating an approval chain designed to avoid normal oversight.After the court issued a temporary asset-restriction order, Leeds Group formally filed a civil lawsuit against them. The apartments, vehicles, and credit a

I returned Sabrina’s cooperation statement to Helen.“Continue the investigation. Every dollar that can be recovered must be returned, and each of them will answer for the documents they signed.”I had no need to use my old connections to humiliate them. The law, their contracts, and the evidence they had created with their own hands were enough to finish this reckoning.The following day, Elena appeared in the final round of the National Youth Entrepreneurship Summit.To avoid any conflict of interest, the committee replaced two judges who had business relationships with Leeds Group. Elena received no help from the Leeds Foundation, and neither Marco nor anyone in the company contacted the judges on her behalf.She explained the clinic’s operating costs, staffing requirements, insurance coverage, and funding plan to seven independent judges. Every figure came from the research she had conducted over the previous six months.Her proposal received the highest score in the competition.W