Vance confirmed it never got better.

Without a donor, Spencer couldn’t have fathered those twins.”

Nora was silent for four full seconds.

“Clause forty-two,” Nora said, her voice settling into a crisp, measured legal tone.

“What’s clause forty-two?” Theo asked, stepping in from the balcony.

“It’s in the Aldridge Luxe corporate governance charter,” Nora said.

“Spencer’s grandfather drafted it forty years ago.

Clause forty-two covers executive succession and voting trust distributions.”