Chapter 6 - The Grandfather
Zachary's hands trembled violently as he read the crisp legal document his mother's old enemy had just handed him.
It was a highly classified, incredibly expensive life insurance policy taken out entirely in his name.
The sole beneficiary of the massive fifty-million-dollar payout was his own mother, Ava Covington.
The date of the electronic signature proved the sinister policy had been secretly activated only a week ago.
Zachary looked up, his heart shattering into a million jagged pieces as he stared at the woman who raised him.
He realized with horrifying clarity that his mother was planning to have him murdered to cover her massive offshore debts.
Ava desperately tried to deny it, claiming the document was just another elaborate forgery created by the Sterling family.
Arthur slammed his silver-tipped cane against the marble floor, the sharp sound silencing her pathetic lies.
He stated with absolute authority that he had spent the last three years buying up every single debt the Covington family owed.
Arthur now legally owned the mansion, the corporate headquarters, and every single asset Ava had ever stolen from him.
He had allowed Lisa to work undercover as a maid to gather the physical proof needed for criminal prosecution.
Ava looked frantically around the room, realizing that her powerful friends, her wealth, and her security had all evaporated.
She was trapped like a desperate animal in a cage of her own making.
She noticed a heavy black handgun resting on the floor near one of her surrendered security guards.
Ava knew that if she was going to spend the rest of her life in federal prison, she would not go down alone.
In a sudden, blinding blur of chaotic motion, she dove across the slick marble floor and grabbed the deadly weapon.
She ignored the federal agents screaming at her to drop the gun and freeze.
Ava raised the barrel with terrifying speed, aiming it directly at the center of Lisa's chest.
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She pulled the heavy trigger, determined to completely erase the Sterling bloodline once and for all.
A deafening gunshot violently ruptured the silence of the room, followed immediately by the sickening sound of a body hitting the floor.
