Through a corporate shell called Apex Data Holdings, she acquired the bad debt, took ownership of the mortgage, and became the legal owner of the family mansion before her parents even understood what was happening.
Still, she did not move immediately.
She waited.
Because Harrison, in one final act of delusion, announced a lavish charity gala at the estate to lure wealthy donors into funding what he called a community project. In truth, he needed millions in fresh money to keep the scheme alive and stay out of prison. Olivia let him build the stage. Then she bought out the vendors, took control of the security team, paid every contractor herself, and quietly turned the entire event into a trap.
On the night of the gala, the estate glittered with chandeliers, tents, champagne, and imported cars. Patricia floated through the crowd pretending to be untouchable. Richard played the grand host. Naomi tried to survive whispers already spreading about her fake pregnancy. Harrison hunted donors with the manic desperation of a man standing over a sinkhole and calling it a ballroom.
Then Olivia arrived.