Victoria Mercer’s Real Investment
Chapter 10 - Victoria Mercer’s Real Investment
Victoria publicly presented herself as a wedding patron and future grandmother.
Financial records showed a different role.
She owned twenty percent of Hartwell Academy through layered companies. Long-term placement of Sophie would generate more than two hundred thousand dollars each year from the child’s trust.
Victoria also negotiated the hotel sale.
Her consulting company would receive sixty million dollars if the transaction closed.
Julian’s relationship with Amanda began at a Reed Hospitality fundraiser eighteen months after Michael’s death.
Victoria arranged their first meeting.
Messages revealed she selected Amanda because grief made her cautious, wealthy, and eager to rebuild a family for Sophie.
Julian’s affection may have become genuine.
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The introduction was strategic.
Their relationship had always contained a hidden business plan.
