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Eleanor stood. Her authority was so practiced it made her look taller than she was.

“You come here pregnant with a child you probably trapped my son with,” Eleanor said, venom thickening her words. “No dignity. No self-respect. No understanding of what it means to be a Lancaster.”

Jordan felt her daughter move inside her again, as if insisting: Remember me. Don’t let them make you small.

Eleanor stepped away from her chair and began circling the table. Each step was a drumbeat.

“You owe this family an apology,” Eleanor said. “For your presumption. For the embarrassment you’ve caused us all.”

Jordan inhaled.

She didn’t defend herself. Not because she couldn’t.

Because she didn’t need to.

Eleanor’s hand moved faster than the room could process.

The slap landed on Jordan’s cheek with a crack that echoed off crystal and wood.

A sound like thunder in a perfect house.

Gasps burst around the table. Someone whispered, “Eleanor.”

Jordan’s head turned with the force, but she brought it back slowly. Her cheek burned. Her eyes stayed dry.

Eleanor’s hand trembled, not from guilt, but from adrenaline.

Jordan touched her cheek once, gentle, as if confirming the bruise would be real.

Then she looked up at Eleanor and spoke in a voice so calm it made the room colder.

“I accept your apology in advance, Eleanor,” Jordan said. “Because you’re going to need to give me one very soon.”

She reached into her purse and pulled out a manila folder.

Unremarkable.

And yet when she placed it on the table, it landed like a brick.

“This,” Jordan said, “is a copy of the purchase agreement for Lancaster Family Bank.”

Silence hardened.

Daniel’s head snapped up. His face drained of color so fast it looked like someone had erased him.

Victoria frowned, confusion flickering. “What is this?”

Eleanor didn’t sit. She stayed standing, frozen in the posture of a woman who had never imagined being challenged.

“The sale was finalized forty-eight hours ago,” Jordan continued, opening the folder. “To a trust called the Mitchell Trust.”

Daniel’s lips parted. No sound came out.

Jordan turned a page. Numbers glinted like knives.