The Midnight Inheritance: How My Business Partner Framed Me at the Vanderbilt Gala
👉 Previous Decision: You chose to break through the side window to escape into the rain.
Julian’s heart hammered against his ribs. Arguing was useless. He wouldn’t become Marcus’s patsy. He looked around the ornate study. A large bay window faced the garden, now being lashed by a sudden, violent storm.
With a surge of adrenaline, Julian kicked out. The antique glass shattered with a loud crash. Rain and wind immediately poured into the room.
The guards in the hallway shouted, but Julian didn’t wait. He scrambled over the broken sill, landing hard on the slick grass outside. The cold rain instantly soaked him to the bone.
He plunged into the dark woods surrounding the estate, the sound of shouts and alarms fading behind him. He was free, for now, but also a fugitive.
Marcus moved swiftly. He used Julian’s escape as irrefutable proof of guilt. Within days, with Julian declared a wanted criminal, Marcus consolidated control over Arthur’s vast $120 million estate. He expertly manipulated the family, painting Julian as a desperate, debt-ridden opportunist.
Julian spent his remaining years living under assumed names, moving from one anonymous town to another across the country. He never saw Nora again, couldn’t reach Clara, and the mystery of Arthur’s murder remained an open wound.
He survived in the shadows, burdened by a truth no one would believe, while the real killer, Marcus, thrived in the glittering high society of Newport, marrying into wealth and power, his treachery a dark secret.
⚠️ BAD ENDING / GAME OVER
Your escape sealed your fate as a permanent outcast. 👈 Click to return to DECISION 1 / CHAPTER 3 to choose a different path
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