Chapter 3: The Trial of the Pierce Empire
Chapter 3: The Trial of the Pierce Empire
Within hours, Christopher turned every document over to investigators.
The estate's surveillance archives.
Financial records.
The hidden recordings.
The red envelope.
Nothing remained hidden.
As detectives searched Estelle's private office, they uncovered sealed files detailing years of bribery, witness intimidation, forged legal documents, and attempts to conceal Emma's true identity as the sole heir to the Pierce fortune.
Then came the final revelation.
Olivia had never been killed.
She had been held under a false identity in a secluded medical facility, where corrupt employees had been paid to keep the outside world from finding her.
Christopher rushed there with the police.
When Olivia opened her eyes and saw Emma standing beside him, tears streamed down her face.
"My little girl..."
Emma ran into her mother's arms.
For the first time in years, she no longer had to wonder why she had been abandoned.
She never had been.
She had been stolen.
News of the Pierce scandal spread across the country.
Investors withdrew.
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Board members resigned.
The empire Estelle had spent a lifetime building began collapsing—not because of outside enemies, but because of the lies hidden within its own walls.
