Chapter 12 - The Financial Guillotine
The next morning, the Crawford empire mobilized with the devastating efficiency of a military strike.
Eleanor did not hold back. Utilizing her vast network of connections, she unleashed a financial guillotine upon Richard Sterling.
By 9:00 AM, anonymous tips backed by undeniable financial ledgers were delivered to the SEC and the FBI.
By noon, federal agents were raiding the offices of Sterling Urban Development. Investors panicked, dumping their stock in droves. Richard’s net worth plummeted to zero in a matter of hours. Jessica, his loyal mistress and co-conspirator, was caught attempting to board a flight to the Cayman Islands and arrested in tears at O'Hare Airport.
Sitting in the safety of the penthouse, Claire signed the divorce papers drafted by Eleanor’s elite legal team without shedding a single tear.
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The man who had thrown her suitcase into the lobby was now facing decades behind bars.
But as Eleanor's private investigators dug deeper into Richard’s background, they unearthed a secret so horrifying it brought the entire celebration to a grinding halt.
