stop. Another spoke with the estate manager. The caterer was informed that no further charges could be made against the frozen accounts.
Margaret looked around the ballroom as her perfect evening collapsed around her.
“This is humiliation,” she hissed.
“No,” I said. “This is accounting.”
Vanessa suddenly removed her engagement ring.
“You told me the divorce settlement would leave you with everything.”
Ethan lightly grabbed her wrist.
“Vanessa, wait.”
She pulled away.
“You told me the company was yours.”
A murmur moved through the room.
It wasn’t.
The company’s controlling