Chapter 13 - The Fall of VictoriaThe room descended into absolute silence, save for the heavy breathing of Arthur Vance. The billionaire slowly turned his gaze toward Victoria, his eyes filled with a mixture of immense disappointment and deep rage.
"Is this true, Victoria?" Arthur whispered, his voice trembling. "Did you do this to my granddaughter?"
"Dad... no! He edited the video! It's a setup!" Victoria shrieked, backing her chair away from the table. "He's trying to frame me! You know how cunning he is!"
"Shut up!" Arthur roared, slamming his fist onto the wooden table so hard that the glasses rattled. He looked back at Julian, his pride completely shattered. "What do you want, Sterling?"
"I want full, sole custody of Lily, with zero visitation rights for Victoria," Julian stated, his voice unwavering. "I want her to sign a full surrender of parental rights immediately. In return, I won't leak this video to the press or file criminal child abuse charges that would ruin the Vance name forever."
Victoria stood up, her eyes wide with fury. "I will never sign that! I am her mother!"
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"You ceased to be her mother the moment you put that bowl on the floor," Julian replied harshly, sliding the legal surrender documents across the long table toward her. "Sign it, Victoria. Or spend the next ten years in a state penitentiary."
Arthur looked at the documents, then at his hysterical daughter. He pushed a pen into her shaking hand. "Sign it, Victoria," Arthur commanded softly. "It's over."
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