Chapter 3 — A Dynasty Begins to Fall
Chapter 3 — A Dynasty Begins to Fall
Damien grabbed his phone.
"Dad!"
"You need to get here!"
"I've got a problem."
The call lasted only twenty seconds.
His confidence slowly disappeared.
"What?"
"...What do you mean the banks froze everything?"
Silence.
His father hung up.
Richard never smiled.
He simply spoke.
"Three hours ago..."
"I bought every loan your family owed."
"Every debt."
"Every contract."
"Every obligation."
Guests stared in disbelief.
Richard continued.
"One signature."
"That's all it took."
Damien stumbled backward.
"No..."
"You can't own us."
Richard's voice remained cold.
"I don't."
"The banks do."
"They simply work for me."
Phones across the ballroom began ringing simultaneously.
One executive collapsed into a chair.
"The Hawthorne stock..."
"It's crashing."
Another screamed,
"The board removed Victor Hawthorne!"
Within minutes...
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The empire that had taken seventy years to build...
Started collapsing in real time.
