{"id":196,"date":"2026-09-12T11:58:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T11:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fantatv.com\/series\/the-boys-stopped-the-gala\/chapter-4-why-victoria-kept-them-away\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T11:58:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T11:58:21","slug":"chapter-4-why-victoria-kept-them-away","status":"publish","type":"sr_chapter","link":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/?sr_chapter=chapter-4-why-victoria-kept-them-away","title":{"rendered":"CHAPTER 4. WHY VICTORIA KEPT THEM AWAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

Victoria stepped backward.<\/p>\n

Daniel, I was protecting you.<\/p>\n

He stared at her.<\/p>\n

From my own children?<\/p>\n

She lowered her voice.<\/p>\n

You were about to inherit the company.<\/p>\n

A scandal would have changed everything.<\/p>\n

Daniel looked furious.<\/p>\n

They are not a scandal.<\/p>\n

Victoria tried to explain that Claire had been young, frightened, and easy to convince.<\/p>\n

She told Claire that Daniel’s family would fight for custody.<\/p>\n

So Claire disappeared.<\/p>\n

Daniel looked toward the boys.<\/p>\n

Years had been stolen from all of them.<\/p>\n

Then the older twin said something Daniel was not expecting.<\/p>\n

Mom knew the truth before she disappeared.<\/p>\n

Daniel turned.<\/p>\n

What truth?<\/p>\n

The boy held out a small flash drive.<\/p>\n

She found the original emails.<\/p>\n

Daniel took it.<\/p>\n

Victoria immediately tried to reach for it.<\/p>\n

Daniel stepped away.<\/p>\n

That reaction told him everything.<\/p>\n

Claire had uncovered who really sent the messages.<\/p>\n

And Victoria had spent years hoping Daniel would never see the proof.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Victoria stepped backward. Daniel, I was protecting you. He stared at her. From my own children? She lowered her voice. You were about to inherit the company. A scandal would have changed everything. Daniel looked furious. They are not a scandal. Victoria tried to explain that Claire had been young, frightened, and easy to convince. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-196","sr_chapter","type-sr_chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter\/196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/sr_chapter"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter\/196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}