PART 2: THE SCHEME UNRAVELED
The police sirens grew louder, their flashing red and blue lights reflecting off the tall stained-glass windows of the foyer. Tabitha backed away toward the front doors, her previous confidence completely evaporating into sheer panic.
“Robin, you have to listen to me!” she shrieked, her voice cracking as she pointed an accusing finger at me. “Your mother is setting me up! She’s using her money to frame me because she never wanted us to be together!”
I stood my ground, completely unbothered by her frantic lies, and gestured for Simon, my head attorney, to enter through the open front doors alongside two fraud investigators.
“Six months ago, Tabitha,” I explained calmly, “you didn’t meet my son by accident at that charity gala. You targeted him after your family’s real estate firm collapsed into bankruptcy.”
Robin looked at his former fiancée in utter disbelief as Simon opened a sleek briefcase and presented a stack of financial audit reports detailing her illegal activities.
Tabitha had been using fake company identities to siphon funds from Robin’s business accounts, attempting to force a quick marriage to shield herself under spousal immunity laws before the theft was discovered.
(The trap is about to spring tight! Click “Next Page” to continue reading…)
