Chapter 13 - TRIAL BY MEDIA
Julian Vance struck back with venom. The following morning, tabloid headlines screamed wildly fabricated claims: “SOFIA MILLER FOUNDATION: A MOTHER'S REVENGE SCHEME?” Vance had leaked doctored emails suggesting Emma had orchestrated Daniel’s bankruptcy to take total control of the family estate.
The public began to hesitate. Donors paused their recurring contributions. Board members panicked.
Emma sat in her attorney’s office, looking out at the Manhattan skyline. "How do we fight a lie that travels faster than the truth?" her attorney, Marcus Vance (no relation to Julian), asked grimly.
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"By bringing out the one thing they can't doctor," Emma said, her eyes burning with fierce determination. "The children."
Emma organized a live broadcast directly from the hospital recovery ward. Parents held up their children—healthy, smiling, bearing faint surgical scars over their chests, each clutching a wooden hummingbird. No media smear campaign could overcome the sight of a breathing, laughing child saved from the brink of death.
