CHAPTER 6 "The DNA Report That Destroyed the Prescott Dynasty in Sixty Seconds"
Forty-eight hours later...
The Department of Justice officially opened a criminal investigation.
News helicopters circled above the Prescott estate.
Reporters camped outside every entrance.
Social media exploded.
The family that had spent decades presenting itself as America's model of wealth and integrity was now being called something entirely different.
The House of Lies.
Inside a secure federal office, investigators reviewed Charles Bennett's archive.
Every flash drive revealed another crime.
Illegal surveillance.
Witness intimidation.
Financial fraud.
Evidence tampering.
But one file stood apart from all the others.
Its label read:
CONFIDENTIAL — DO NOT DESTROY
The investigator clicked it open.
Instead of video...
A scanned DNA report appeared.
Victoria frowned.
"This can't be right."
The investigator read silently for several seconds.
Then looked up.
"You need to see this."
The report had been commissioned fifteen years earlier.
Ordered by none other than the late Richard Prescott—the family patriarch.
The test compared Richard Prescott with his two grandsons.
Brandon Prescott.
Ethan Prescott.
The conclusion froze the room.
Probability of biological relationship: 0.0%.
Victoria looked again.
"No..."
The investigator nodded.
"They aren't Richard Prescott's biological grandsons."
Another folder contained private letters.
Richard had discovered the truth years before his death.
Margaret had concealed the report.
She had blackmailed everyone who knew.
She had inherited control of the Prescott empire by burying the family's biggest scandal.
The investigator leaned back.
"So the entire Prescott fortune..."
"...was built on a lie."
Meanwhile, unaware of what had been uncovered, Margaret arrived at the federal building with her attorneys.
She still believed she could negotiate.
She entered the interview room wearing another perfectly tailored suit.
She smiled confidently.
"I think this misunderstanding can be resolved."
The lead investigator quietly slid one folder across the table.
Margaret glanced at the cover.
Her smile vanished instantly.
She recognized the document before opening it.
The DNA report.
For the first time in decades...
Her hands began to shake.
The investigator calmly asked,
"Mrs. Prescott..."
"Would you like to explain why your family's entire inheritance was built on falsified records?"
Margaret said nothing.
Outside the interview room, Ethan paced nervously.
He had no idea that within the next hour...
...he would learn the truth about his own identity.
And that truth would shatter everything he had ever believed about his family, his fortune...
May you like
...and the woman he had called Mother his entire life.
END OF CHAPTER 6
Related Stories
