Chapter 5 - The Two-Million-Dollar Embezzlement
“Precisely,” Mr. Henderson agreed. “Brandon scheduled the final notary signing for 11:00 AM today at the Lake Forest title office, believing you would be trapped in this hospital recovery ward until tomorrow afternoon.”
“Who notarized the fraudulent deed, Arthur?” I asked.
“Courtney’s fiancé, Thomas Sterling—an administrative clerk at First National Bank,” Julian Hayes answered, tapping the police warrant. “Detective Marcus Vance of the Cook County State’s Attorney Financial Crimes Division has already issued four felony arrest warrants.”
The door to the hospital suite was suddenly shoved open with a loud bang.
Brandon barged in, his suit rumpled, his hair unwashed, smelling of rain and stale alcohol, flanked by Adelaide and Courtney.
“Elena!” Brandon roared, pointing a shaking finger at the bed. “You psychotic bitch! You locked our car! You humiliated me in front of fifty people at Ocean Prime! You have five minutes to unfreeze my accounts, or I swear to God I am taking full custody of that child and leaving you with nothing!”
Adelaide marched forward, her face twisted in bitter spite: “You ungrateful orphan! My son gave you a family name! You think you can treat us like criminals?!”
Before Brandon could take another step toward my bed, Marcus Stone and two security operatives stepped in front of them like an impenetrable wall of iron.
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Marcus gripped Brandon’s collar with one hand, twisting his arm behind his back and pinning him against the wall with effortless, bone-crushing force.
Brandon shrieked in pain: “Get your hands off me! I am the master of this house!”
