“I am her legal father.”
“Not for long.”
Fear flashed across his face.
Daniel entered the room with two federal agents.
Adrian looked toward the door.
“What is this?”
Daniel answered.
“Warrants related to medical fraud, conspiracy, embezzlement, and unlawful acquisition of protected health information.”
Adrian backed away.
“You cannot prove conspiracy.”
Vanessa entered behind the agents.
She wore no makeup, and her wrists were cuffed in front of her.
Adrian stared at her.
“What are you doing here?”
Vanessa’s expression was bitter.
“Saving myself.”
She had agreed to cooperate.
For months, she had copied Adrian’s messages, bank records, and recordings because she did not trust him. She had believed he would divorce Emma and marry her.
Instead, she discovered he planned to frame Vanessa for the financial crimes once he secured custody of Grace.
“He told me I would be his wife,” Vanessa said. “But I found the documents. He was going to send me to prison and keep everything.”
Adrian looked at her with disgust.
“You were nothing before me.”
Vanessa laughed softly.
“And now you are nothing without her.”
The agents took Adrian away.
As he passed Emma, he stopped.
“You think this is over?”
“Yes,” she said. “For you, it is.”
But she was wrong.
PART FIVE: THE LAST SECRET OF CALLOWAY HOUSE
Six months later, Calloway Global had stabilized.
Emma returned as chairwoman, though she refused the chief executive position. She appointed a respected operations leader and spent her days rebuilding the company’s culture.
Employees who had been silenced under Adrian came forward.
Whistleblowers helped recover millions.
Families whose medical information had been accessed through Northbridge received compensation.
Adrian remained in federal custody awaiting trial.
Vanessa pleaded guilty to theft and conspiracy in exchange for testimony.
