Chapter 16 - THE BIRTH RECORD AND THE BLOODLINEGenevieve demanded independent DNA testing.
I agreed under strict privacy protections.
The result confirmed our shared maternal grandfather.
Then she questioned the chain of custody.
Hospital archives confirmed Catherine’s birth.
Letters from Augustus acknowledged her.
Financial records documented secret support payments.
No single test created my identity.
The full record did.
Genevieve’s challenge failed.
The court confirmed the trust’s controlling shares.
Reporters called me the true heiress.
I disliked the phrase.
Blood explained how the shares reached me.
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It did not prove I deserved authority.
That would depend on what I did next.
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Chapter 17 - THE HOTEL ELIZA INHERITED WAS DROWNINGThe audit revealed $86 million in hidden debt.
Chapter 18 - THE COMPANIES BEHIND GENEVIEVE’S NAMETwelve vendors shared addresses with companies controlled by Genevieve.
Chapter 19 - THE EMPLOYEES WHO FINALLY SPOKEWorkers gathered in the ballroom after the audit became public.
Chapter 20 - ELIZA REFUSED THE CROWNThe board offered me the presidency.
Chapter 21 - THE PUBLIC AUDITWe published the audit.
Chapter 22 - GENEVIEVE LOST MORE THAN A TITLEGenevieve was removed from every operating role.
