The sudden revelation hung heavy in the vast, bright atmosphere of the mansion.
Eleanor's face shifted instantly from arrogant coldness to sheer shock and total horror.
She gripped the wooden balcony railing so tightly her knuckles turned bright white.
Eleanor: That is an absolute lie, and you are insane!
Clara: The official certified labs do not lie about direct genetic testing, Eleanor!
Julian: Mother... is this story true? Look at me and answer me!
Eleanor: Do not listen to this gold-digger's ridiculous made-up stories, Julian!
Clara: Julian is not your biological son, Eleanor, and you always knew it!
Julian took two slow steps backward as his entire world shattered around him.
He looked at the woman who had judged everyone her whole life.
Julian: You adopted me secretly to secure the Vance family fortune decades ago?
Clara: She took you from a small county nursery to claim the trust fund!
Eleanor: Shut your mouth right now, Clara! You have no right!
Clara: She's not your biological mother, and now everyone will know what you did!
Eleanor stared back with wide-eyed panic, trembling violently against the balcony railing.
Her life of lies and fake nobility was falling apart in seconds.
Julian: All those years you treated Clara like she was beneath our standing!
Julian: You called her an outsider while you were living a giant lie yourself!
Eleanor: I raised you in total luxury and gave you everything you wanted!
Julian: You built our whole lives on a dishonest foundation of greed!
Clara held the DNA papers tightly in her hand and turned toward the stairs.
Clara: I am bringing these certified papers straight to the family board today.