I turned my back on the limousine, stepped into the light of Harvard Square, and never looked over my shoulder again.
PART 8: The Fall of the House of Moretti
By Tuesday morning, the financial press in New York and Chicago had erupted into an unprecedented frenzy of front-page headlines.
*Wall Street Journal* ran the story above the fold: *Moretti Capital Liquidates Florida Subsidiaries Amid Internal Fraud Probe.*
Frank Vance had moved with the ruthless, surgical efficiency of a veteran corporate butcher, freezing Sophia’s accounts across the nation.
Her brother’s commercial development company in Palm Beach went into emergency receivership at nine o’clock Monday morning.
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Federal marshals had arrived at the Lake Forest estate at sunrise, supervising the eviction of Sophia Reynolds from the forty-room mansion.
A local television helicopter had captured footage of her standing beside the security gates, clutching two leather suitcases in the rain.
Ethan had withdrawn from his prep school in Lake Forest, his trust distributions locked pending the outcome of the forensic audit.
