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Dad\u2019s first reaction to the lawyer\u2019s letter was pure, unadulterated rage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He tore the letter to shreds, then turned and screamed hysterically at Mom, \u201cThat ungrateful brat! She\u2019s insane! How dare she sue us! She wants to tear this family apart!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mom trembled with fear, utterly at a loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDorian, what do we do?\u201d she stammered. \u201cWhy would Syl do this? Did someone con her into it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does she think she\u2019s doing? She\u2019s my daughter. I raised her! How dare she take me to court?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dad\u2019s face twisted into an expression of delusional confidence.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s just been brainwashed by some lowlife guy! Wait till I get my hands on her. I\u2019ll lock her up for a few days and beat her to set her straight!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He immediately pulled every string he had to track me down, only to find that every trace of me had vanished without a trace.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He went to my university, only to be told I\u2019d already filed for a leave of absence, and my records had been encrypted and transferred an hour earlier.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He checked every place I\u2019d ever worked. The managers all said I\u2019d quit long ago and had been paid\u00a0<\/p>\n
in full.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fuming, he went to the police to report me missing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After hearing his story, the officer stared at him like he was crazy, then shot back. \u201cSir, are you sure your daughter is missing, or did she just run away to get away from you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just as Dad was overwhelmed and frantic, not knowing what to do, the second \u201cgift\u201d arrived.\u00a0<\/p>\n
An anonymous email, containing a detailed document outlining his \u201cShared Accountability System\u201d and \u201cBalance Scale Theory,\u201d along with high-resolution copies of the ledger\u2019s most critical and shocking pages, was sent to every member of his company\u2019s board, all his business partners, and relevant industry associations.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The subject line read: \u201cOn Entrepreneur Dorian Ravenscroft\u2019s Innovative Family Management\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Model-Exploiting His Daughter to Subsidize His Worthless Son.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The scandal sent shockwaves through every circle he ran in.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The image of his being a scholarly businessman and strict but loving father that Dad had carefully cultivated over the years was ruined overnight.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At the office, colleagues looked at him with a mix of contempt and morbid curiosity.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The executives who once treated him respectfully summoned him for a talk, their faces grim.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Business partners he\u2019d befriended suddenly stopped answering his calls, and all their joint projects got put on hold indefinitely.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Overnight, he went from a respected industry veteran to a monster who exploited his own daughter, a laughingstock everyone whispered about behind his back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Also, Barnaby got his own personalized \u201cgift\u201d right on schedule.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019d compiled everything into a ten-page, illustrated PDF: he\u2019d spent my hard-earned money without a shred of guilt, how he\u2019d let his girlfriend humiliate me nonstop, how he\u2019d only cared about selling our house while I was scrambling to scrape together thirty-three grand for his compensation fee, and every other bad thing he\u2019d done his whole life, which needed to be covered\u00a0<\/p>\n
I sent it to Eileen and all her close friends\u2019 group chats and her Instagram.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eileen smashed her phone the second she finished reading.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The looks her friends gave her were now dripping with disdain and mockery.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The reputation of a woman who fed her vanity by exploiting her future sister-in-law\u2019s hard-earned money was even worse than dating a man who lived off women.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She stormed straight to the hospital and screamed at Barnaby, who was still moaning in agony in his hospital bed. \u201cBarnaby, I must\u2019ve been blind to ever date you! Are you even a man? You\u2019re nothing but a parasite who sucks the life out of his own sister! You make me sick!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo what if I spent my sister\u2019s money?\u201d Barnaby roared back, utterly unrepentant. \u201cIt\u2019s a family matter, none of your business! The money you spent came from her, too!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYour family? Your family is a damn asylum!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eileen grabbed her designer bag, stormed out without looking back, and left him with a venomous curse hanging in the air.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s over, Barnaby! You and your screwed-up family can rot together for all I care!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Barnaby stared blankly at Eileen\u2019s retreating figure, a bone-deep panic gripping him for the very first time\u00a0<\/p>\n
Back at home, Dad received a court summons.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When he saw the name \u201cSylvie Ravenscroft\u201d printed next to the plaintiff\u2019s title, his hands shook so badly he could barely hold the\u00a0<\/p>\n
paper.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He had no choice but to sell the small apartment he\u2019d been saving for Barnaby\u2019s wedding and hire the most expensive lawyer in the city,\u00a0<\/p>\n
After reviewing all the evidence I\u2019d provided, especially the original ledger, the lawyer just shook his head at Dad and said one thing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Ravenscroft, you have no chance of winning in this lawsuit, whether from the standpoint of human decency or legal principle. I suggest you start figuring out how to gather the funds immediately.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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