Her recorded voice filled the entire foyer:\u00a0People like you should be truly grateful that people like me even let you set foot indoors.<\/i><\/p>\n
Then came the audio of her false accusation about the bracelet, her harsh command for me to scrub the floor on my knees, the heavy splash of water, and her loud laughter echoes right after.<\/p>\n
Robin looked as if someone had physically struck him in the chest.<\/p>\n
Tabitha suddenly lunged across the table for the recorder, but I quickly closed my hand over it before she could touch it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat audio recording is already backed up to a secure cloud server,\u201d I told her calmly.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo what?\u201d she snapped, crossing her arms defensively. \u201cDo you really think one bad afternoon cancels everything we built together, because Robin loves me and the wedding is in six days with everyone attending.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot anymore,\u201d Robin said firmly.<\/p>\n
She spun around toward him with wide eyes. \u201cYou cannot possibly mean that, Robin.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI do mean it,\u201d he answered without hesitation.<\/p>\n
Real fear finally entered her eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen you are going to regret this deeply,\u201d she hissed, dropping her sweet act entirely. \u201cI have already signed binding contracts in both of our names for the venue, the luxury designers, and the honeymoon villa, which totals nearly nine hundred thousand dollars, so if you cancel now, your family pays every penny.\u201d<\/p>\n
That single statement gave me the final confirmation I needed.<\/p>\n
Tabitha had insisted that Robin authorize her to manage all wedding expenses through a dedicated account. He genuinely believed that the account contained only his personal funds, but it did not. My attorneys had funded it with a special traceable reserve after Teresa reported that Tabitha was pressuring local vendors to artificially inflate their invoices.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhich specific contracts did you sign?\u201d I asked her calmly.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of them,\u201d she replied smugly.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd what about the hidden kickback commissions?\u201d I added.<\/p>\n
Her eyes narrowed into tight slits.<\/p>\n
I picked up my phone and called our general counsel, Simon Drake. He picked up immediately and I put him on speakerphone.<\/p>\n
\u201cSimon, we have full verbal confirmation,\u201d I told him clearly.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnderstood, Mary,\u201d Simon replied through the speaker. \u201cThe fraudulent payment requests have been completely frozen, and the investigators are waiting outside.\u201d<\/p>\n
Robin turned to look at me in confusion. \u201cWhat do you mean by fraudulent?\u201d<\/p>\n
Simon continued explaining over the phone line. \u201cMs. Willis instructed three separate vendors to add false consulting fees that total two hundred forty thousand dollars, and those fees were routed directly to a shell company owned by her brother.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tabitha took a quick step backward toward the wall. \u201cThat is an absolute lie.\u201d<\/p>\n
I reached into my bag and placed a stack of bank records on the marble table. \u201cYour brother\u2019s agency was officially registered exactly eleven days after Robin proposed to you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Robin picked up the documents and suddenly seemed to age ten years as he read the numbers.<\/p>\n
Tabitha forced tears to spill over her eyelashes.<\/p>\n
\u201cRobin, please listen to me,\u201d she sobbed softly. \u201cYour mother completely hates me, and she set this entire trap up to destroy us.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, Tabitha,\u201d he said quietly, looking up from the pages. \u201cShe gave you total privacy, and you freely showed her exactly who you are.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her fake tears stopped instantly.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou weak little boy,\u201d she spat, glaring at him with pure hatred. \u201cWithout me, you are nothing more than your mother\u2019s obedient little heir.\u201d<\/p>\n
I met her angry gaze directly.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is your final mistake,\u201d I said softly. \u201cRobin is not my successor because of his bloodline, but because he earned that position through total integrity, and the family trust you planned to access after marriage cannot be touched by any spouse.\u201d<\/p>\n
The distant sound of police sirens echoed beyond the front gates.<\/p>\n
Tabitha whipped her head toward the grand windows in sudden panic.<\/p>\n
I had not called Robin downstairs merely to expose her personal cruelty to our household staff.<\/p>\n
I had called him down so he could watch her entire criminal plan collapse right in front of his eyes.<\/p>\n
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