{"id":544,"date":"2026-09-19T17:51:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T17:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fantatv.com\/series\/the-call-that-stopped-the-gala\/chapter-5-the-gala-ended-differently\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T17:51:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T17:51:13","slug":"chapter-5-the-gala-ended-differently","status":"publish","type":"sr_chapter","link":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/?sr_chapter=chapter-5-the-gala-ended-differently","title":{"rendered":"CHAPTER 5. THE GALA ENDED DIFFERENTLY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ethan opened the file.<\/p>\n<p>Inside were bank records, contracts, and transfer logs.<\/p>\n<p>Derek\u2019s name appeared repeatedly.<\/p>\n<p>Claire looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou did all of this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek said nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Ethan handed the documents to security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPreserve everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor stood beside Claire.<\/p>\n<p>Minutes earlier, Derek had controlled the entire room through fear.<\/p>\n<p>Now he could barely look anyone in the eye.<\/p>\n<p>As security escorted him away, Claire turned toward Eleanor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew this would happen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hoped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Claire looked toward the phone.<\/p>\n<p>One quiet call had changed the entire night.<\/p>\n<p>The gala had started with Derek trying to intimidate everyone around him.<\/p>\n<p>It ended with the person he feared most walking through the door.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethan opened the file. Inside were bank records, contracts, and transfer logs. Derek\u2019s name appeared repeatedly. Claire looked at him. \u201cYou did all of this?\u201d Derek said nothing. Ethan handed the documents to security. \u201cPreserve everything.\u201d Eleanor stood beside Claire. Minutes earlier, Derek had controlled the entire room through fear. Now he could barely look [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-544","sr_chapter","type-sr_chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter\/544","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=544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter\/544\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}