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statement claiming she witnessed me approve the guarantee.

Vanessa glared at me.

“You’re destroying your own sister.”

“You tried to sell my name for $2.4 million.”

Daniel slid one last document across the table.

“This morning our counsel notified the lender whose statements you altered, the affected vendors, and the appropriate investigators. We are also pursuing our due-diligence costs.”

Vanessa lunged toward the application.

The attorney pulled it out of reach.

“You said prove it,” I reminded her. “So I did.”

The consequences came fast.

Her funding disappeared.

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