Chapter 1: Shadows of Inheritance l009

He pulled up the master will of the Moretti dynasty, the document that controlled three billion dollars in diversified global assets.

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With a few decisive taps of his thumb, he deleted the primary distribution clause that had stood for fifteen years.

He created a new, irrevocable beneficiary trust, typing the name with steady, deliberate strokes: *Noah Bennett.*

Then he opened the secondary executive line, dialing the private number of Dr. Harold Vance, the Dean of Admissions at Harvard College.

“Vincent, my dear friend, congratulations on Ethan’s honorable mention,” Dean Vance’s cultured voice boomed through the speaker.

“Harold, I am transferring a forty-million-dollar endowment to the mathematics department at sunrise tomorrow,” Vincent stated flatly.

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The dean gasped over the receiver, the magnitude of the gift instantly transforming the university’s research capabilities for a century.

“Vincent… that is breathtakingly generous! What name shall we attach to the new laboratory complex?” Harold stammered with excitement.

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