Chapter 471: The Sun Dipped Low

The sun dipped low as Vanessa received the final documents. Walter and Beatrice Carlisle had signed over everything. Every asset, every valuable. All now legally hers. She clutched the folder tightly. A perfect excuse formed on her lips. She needed to leave the Bennett Manor immediately. To liquidate it all before anyone could interfere. Beatrice watched her adopted daughter retreat. A deep frown etched onto her face. She turned to her husband. "Walter... we've given her everything. Sienna shouldn't be a threat now. So why does my heart feel so heavy?"

Walter sighed, his own worry evident. "I fear Sienna might still try to take it from Vanessa by force." Beatrice's eyes widened in alarm. "Of course! Vanessa now holds sixty percent of the family shares. Plus our personal assets worth billions. Sienna would target her without a doubt! This cannot happen!" She scrambled for her phone. "I'm calling Helena. They must protect Vanessa at all costs!" Over at Kingsport Medical Center...

Helena was deep in conversation with a specialist about Caleb's condition. Her phone's ringtone cut through the sterile air. She excused herself, stepping into the hallway.

"Helena, listen carefully!" Beatrice's voice was raspy with urgency. "We confronted Sienna today. She sent thugs to ransack our estate! She threatened to seize all our assets! You must guard the Carlisles. Protect Vanessa. I'm terrified Sienna will harm her next."

"What? Are you certain?" Helena's brow furrowed in disbelief. "There must be some mistake. She wouldn't—"

"Would I lie?" Beatrice snapped. "We saw it ourselves! And look at Caleb! We verified the security footage from Takashi Yamamoto. Caleb was perfectly fine when he left his home. Who else could have poisoned him but Sienna? Bringing that viper into our family was our gravest error. Will you stand by while she plunders everything? If she could harm Caleb, Vanessa is next!"

Helena's grip tightened on the phone. A cold fury began to simmer within her. "Alright," she said, her voice clipped. "I understand. I'll handle it." She ended the call, her breath coming out in an angry huff. How had Sienna become so monstrous? Poisoning Caleb wasn't enough? Now she threatened her own grandparents? The sheer audacity was breathtaking. Just then, Philip approached the hospital room. "Helena? I need to meet with Father to finalize the specialist for Caleb."

"Wait," she commanded, her tone leaving no room for argument. "Come with me to the manor first. We need to force a withdrawal of Sienna's twenty-five percent shares. Before Father finds out."

As the family patriarch, Henry Bennett held the corporate seal. Combined with the other shareholders' approval, they could legally revoke her stake. Philip hesitated. "That's... drastic. You know how Father will react."

"A scolding from Father is preferable to Sienna's schemes!" Helena's voice rose. "Do you know what she did? She threatened my parents! She said she would steal everything they own! I am furious, but Father refuses to see the truth! We return her shares to Henry and cut her from the family. We can explain it to him afterward."

Philip glanced back at Caleb, lying motionless in the hospital bed. The image solidified his resolve. He gave a grim nod. "Okay." They returned to Bennett Manor swiftly. A clandestine family meeting was convened, Henry deliberately kept in the dark. The vote was unanimous. Sienna Bennett was to be disowned. An attorney was summoned. The paperwork for the forced share withdrawal was drafted and signed with swift, brutal efficiency. Philip then accessed the official Bennett Holdings Pulse account. His fingers flew across the keyboard, publishing a statement that would ignite a firestorm.

[Official Statement: Due to Sienna Bennett's reprehensible actions and conduct endangering lives, the Bennett family has unanimously voted to disown her and reclaim all family shares. Effective immediately, Sienna Bennett is no longer the adopted daughter of the Bennett family. We sever all ties.]

The post exploded across the internet within seconds. Reprehensible actions? Endangering lives? What did she do? Insider leak: the Bennett's only son is in a vegetative state. Unlikely to ever wake up. What? Sienna did that? I never thought she was capable. Is this another one of Vanessa's setups? This came from her own parents. They disowned her. This has to be serious.