Chapter 13: The Ultimatum
Clara cradled her newborn son, her face a mask of absolute calm. She didn't flinch as Julian gasped and struggled beneath the guards' grip.
Her lead attorney stepped over Julian, dropping a single, meticulously drafted legal document onto the floor right in front of his face.
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"Full relinquishment of parental rights," Clara stated, her voice echoing coldly in the sterile hallway. "Sign it, Julian. Or I hand the federal prosecutors the secondary ledger I kept off Jessica's drive. The one that guarantees you a twenty-year maximum sentence."
Trapped, broke, and staring at total ruin, Julian realized he had already lost the war.
