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The collapse came not with a bang, but with a satellite phone call. The nephew had emerged from the jungle, tired of the canopy and ready for his inheritance.

At first, Arthur felt like a ghost. He sat in leather-bound libraries and signed checks for amounts that would have bought his childhood home three times over. He was a conduit for , a silent guardian of a fortune he couldn't touch. Other People's Money

The shift happened at a charity auction in Manhattan. Arthur was there to maintain the Vane family’s seat at the table. When a rare 19th-century nautical map went up for bid, Arthur felt a strange, electric hum in his chest. It wasn't his money on the line—it was Silas Vane’s ghost’s money. He raised the paddle. “Ten thousand,” Arthur whispered. The collapse came not with a bang, but