3. SUMMARY OF THE NOVEL
Harry Stanford, one of the richest man in the world, mysteriously drowned while sailing with yacht off the coast of Corsica, and his death triggered
a series of events that echoed around the world. Harry Stanfords death makes his lawyer team led by Simon Fitzgerald so busy. The reason, so famous figure of
Harry Stanford, bringing home his body just need a complicated bureaucracy. But Steve Sloan is given this task by Simon finally know, the bureaucracy is just an
excuse for the local police chief to get publicity for the sake of personal interest. Steve Sloan, the lawyer who is the advocate for the family has a tough time
bringing the body back to Boston. After that, another task waiting for, namely the reading of legacy issues.
To whom Harry Stanfords wealth will be inherited? He is a rich widower with 3 children who had never been close to him. Tyler Stanford who is a judge with a
limited salary, Woodrow or better known as Woody Stanford, polo athletes that suffer because of injury, and Kendall Stanford who managed to become famous
fashion designer. They have their own problems. Tyler had destroyed his household because her father forced him to marriage. Tyler was always teased
because of his sexual orientation a deviant. While Woody prefer to marry a waitress, Peggy Malkovich, rather than a conglomerate daughter Mimi Carson
who had long admired him. Injuries make Woody a slave hard drugs and loser. Another with Stanford Kendall who married Marc Renaud. They were gathered to
attend their fathers funeral and listened to the reading of his legacy. In his letter,
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Harry gave the wealth to all children. That means, if there are children with another woman, then she got a part. At that moment, suddenly appeared a young
woman who claims to be Julia Stanford, their half brother. Later in their family house, as the family was gathered, a beautiful young
woman claiming to be Stanfords daughter appears with enough proofs. She was claimed to be the illegitimate daughter of Harry Stanford. The arrival of Julia is
not only surprising, but it also invites mistrust. Harry Stanford’s abuse scandal had dominated the mass media at that
time. He impregnates her nanny, Rosemary Nelson. This makes Mrs. Fraud Stanford committed suicide. Rosemary eventually leave, and move residence to
avoid the press game. Since then Rosemary was never heard from again until the emergence of a woman who claimed to Julia. Although no evidence, but she
knows many stories about Stanford’s family. Tyler calls a private detective, who confirms that the lady is in fact Julia.
When Harrys body is needed for DNA testing, the body mysteriously disappears. DNA tests fail because of Harrys body suddenly disappeared from the tomb. But
who hired a detective to prove her fingerprints were identified as Julia. The fact, the woman was a swindler named Margo Possner.
Actually, Julia Stanford struggled to continue living alone after the death of his mother. She became secretary of a small law office, and share an apartment
with another girl. Her friend advised her to meet her half brothers after hearing the news of her fathers death. At first she refused, but later changed her mind after
seeing the clothes designed by Kendall, one of her half sister.
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The emergence of women both as Julia Stanford Stanford made family and lawyer confused. Steve Sloan has initiative to give a ride home to Julia. He also
tried to investigate who is behind all this. One by one, he began to reveal the involvement of The Baker, Dmitri Kaminsky who becomes Harrys personal
bodyguard, and Margo Possner and red thread that connects them. He rushes to bus station and lets Julia to stay in his house. Steve proves that Tyler told a
prostitute to act as Julia who came first and a thief to act as a detective. Tyler goes to Steves house and will kills Julia.
The fact is, Tyler plotting to kill his own father to take all inherited from his father. But after much deliberation, which shows that Harry was sunk in loans
and in fact the Big Boston’s house also needs to be sold so that banks can recover the debts. Tyler kills himself. Meanwhile, Steve and Julia began to fall in love
with each other.
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