Chapter 52

Halewick International Bank had a rock-solid reputation. Once something was stored here, not even royalty could take it without proper authorization. It had to be the owner, or someone they'd personally authorized. The bank director himself led the group down to one of their vaults. They passed rows of lockers until stopping in front of locker 3213. Vanessa stepped up, entered the code, and with a soft click, the door swung open. The first thing they saw was a stock transfer agreement. The shares had been assigned to Vanessa and her brother, Xander-each getting 15 percent. Combined, they now held 30 percent of Skyview Group-that's a serious chunk. Martin, their lawyer, had already taken care of the paperwork on their behalf. It had been five years since Steven and his wife passed. The shares had technically been transferred then, though the official process hadn't been completed. Still, that didn't change the fact-every penny of the dividends from those shares over these past five year