His silence was enough.
Richard stepped closer.
“You’re going to fix this,” he said. “That’s not a request.”
“And if I don’t?”
Evelyn stood slowly.
No soft tone.
No smile.
“Then you are no longer our daughter.”
Their final leverage.
The threat they thought still worked.
I looked at each of them and memorized the certainty on their faces.
Then Richard noticed my phone.
“What is that?”
I raised it.
“20 minutes,” I said. “Everything you just said.”
Evelyn’s face changed.
“You’ve been recording us,” Chloe snapped.
“Yes.”
Vance’s jaw tightened.
“Delete it,” he said.
I ignored him and stepped forward.
“You have exactly seven days to vacate my property.”
No one moved.
“After that,” I continued. “You’re trespassing.”
Richard blinked.
“This is my house,” he said.
“No,” I said. “It’s not.”
Evelyn stepped forward.
“Harper.”
I cut her off.
“You forged documents,” I said. “You stole money. You tried to sell something you don’t own.”
