Cream and gold dress.
She looked peaceful.
That made Victoria confident.
“She’s finally learned,” Victoria whispered to a relative.
No.
Sophia had simply finished observing.
When Victoria stood to toast Chloe — praising her courage, celebrating the continuation of the bloodline — Sophia placed her napkin down gently.
The room quieted instinctively.
“I have something to share,” Sophia said calmly.
Victoria frowned. “Not now.”
“It is exactly now,” Sophia replied.
She reached into her bag and placed a sealed envelope on the table.
“This,” she said, “is my medical report.”
Victoria scoffed.
Sophia nodded toward a cousin. “Open it.”
The cousin read silently.
His face changed.
“She’s pregnant too.”
The air cracked.
Andrew’s chair scraped backward.
“What?” he breathed.
Sophia looked at him steadily.
“You didn’t deserve to be the first to know.”
Victoria’s face went rigid.
“This changes nothing,” she snapped.
“You still failed your duty.”
Sophia smiled gently.
“It changes your power,” she corrected.
Then she pulled out another folder.
“The house is in my name.”
Silence.
“The primary business accounts are in my name.”
Andrew’s breathing grew heavy.
“And I’ve reviewed the transfers you’ve been making, Andrew.”
Victoria’s head snapped toward her son.
“Transfers?” she repeated.
Sophia’s voice remained controlled.
“Private accounts. False consulting payments. Contracts forged under my name.”
Andrew stood abruptly.
“You’re accusing me—”
“I’m presenting facts,” Sophia replied.
The room felt like a courtroom.
Because it was.
Victoria’s authority began to crumble.
For years, she ruled through intimidation.
Now she sat speechless in a house she did not own.
“You won’t throw my son out,” she hissed.
Sophia stood calmly.
“I already have.”
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