Chapter 5 - Justin’s Reckoning
I found Justin in the hospital cafeteria,
staring into a cup of black coffee that had long since gone cold.
He looked older,
his face lined with a grief I knew all too well.
He had always been the golden boy,
the kindest member of our family.
He didn't deserve this.
"Justin,"
I said softly,
sitting down across from him.
He looked up,
his eyes red-rimmed.
"She says she didn't mean for it to go this far,"
he said,
his voice hollow.
"She says Kenneth manipulated her."
"She's lying, Justin,"
I said,
hating that I had to be the one to break him.
I opened my folder and pulled out the registration for the shell company.
"She wasn't just his mistress."
"She was the legal owner of the company that was buying our family's shares."
"She was in it for the money just as much as he was."
Justin took the paper,
his hand shaking.
He read the name: 'Maya Sterling Holdings.'
Sterling was her maiden name.
"She told me she wanted us to buy a house in France next year,"
Justin whispered.
"She said she was saving up her inheritance."
"It wasn't her inheritance, Justin."
"It was our family's future."
He put the paper down and buried his face in his hands.
"I loved her,"
he sobbed.
"I gave her everything."
"I know,"
I said,
reaching across the table to squeeze his hand.
"But we are going to take it all back."
"Every cent."
"Every share."
"And every bit of dignity they stole from us."
Justin looked up,
a spark of anger finally replacing the sorrow in his eyes.
"What do you need me to do?"
he asked.
"I need you to go to your house,"
I said.
"I need you to find every laptop, every tablet, and every thumb drive."
"Maya was the one handling the digital transfers."
"She thought she was being clever,"
"but she’s sloppy."
"I need the digital trail to link Kenneth to the Sheng Group."
Justin nodded,
standing up with a new sense of purpose.
"I'll get it,"
he said.
"And Sabrina?"
"I'm sorry."
"I'm sorry I didn't see it."
"I'm sorry I let him get so close to us."
"Don't apologize for being a good person, Justin,"
I said.
"He exploited our trust."
"That’s on him, not us."
As Justin walked away,
I felt a small weight lift off my shoulders.
I wasn't alone in this fight anymore.
My brother was back.
And together,
the Rollins siblings were going to burn Kenneth’s world to the ground.
I checked my phone.
A message from my lawyer:
'Process server is at the hospital. Kenneth has been served.'
'The freeze on the accounts is holding.'
'Sheng Group is panicking.'
Good,
I thought.
Let them panic.
I wanted them to feel the walls closing in,
just like I had felt when I saw those lab results.
I had one more person to visit before the day was over.
Dr. Aris.
May you like
The man who helped Kenneth steal my fertility.
He was the one who was going to give me the final piece of the puzzle.
