The 50-Million Dollar Loophole: How One Widow Broke the Bank

Chapter 27: The Contempt

Julian practically fell out of the back seat of the patrol car. His sharp suit was torn, and blood trickled from a nasty gash on his forehead, but his eyes burned with lethal intensity.

He marched straight toward the idling bulldozers, completely ignoring his injuries. In his hand, he clutched a thick stack of legally binding, rain-spotted documents.

"Shut those engines off immediately!" Julian screamed over the noise, holding the paperwork high in the air.

Sterling stepped forward, his face twisting into a mask of pure, unadulterated rage. He signaled his private security guards to intercept the injured lawyer.

Julian didn't slow down. He bypassed the guards and slammed the massive stack of papers directly into Sterling's chest. It was the ultimate, irrefutable claim for massive punitive damages.

"That is a physical, signed order from Judge Carter," Julian spat, blood dripping from his chin. "The property is protected by a fifty-million-dollar trust Codicil that triggers lethal punitive damages."

Sterling stared at the ink signature of the federal judge. His multi-million dollar corporate development scheme was completely trapped by a dead man's brilliant legal foresight.

For a moment, the billionaire banker looked genuinely defeated. Then, a dark, sociopathic shadow crossed his eyes. He grabbed the heavy document from Julian's hands.

With a terrifyingly calm demeanor, he ripped the federal injunction perfectly in half, letting the heavy parchment fall into the muddy grass.

Sterling laughs and tears the papers up, ordering the demolition anyway.