  A-stars are the progenitors of about half of the white dwarfs (WDs) that
currently exist. The connection between the multiplicity of A-stars and that of
WDs is not known and both multiplicities are still poorly explored. We are in
the process of obtaining tight constraints on a sample of 108 southern A-type
stars that are part of the nearby VAST sample \citep{DeRosa14} by conducting
near-infrared interferometric follow-up observations to the (twenty) stars
among them which have large $Gaia$-$Hipparcos$ accelerations. In this paper, we
combine spectroscopy, adaptive optics imaging, NIR interferometry and
$Gaia$-$Hipparcos$ astrometry in order to disentangle the stars in the
complicated HIP 87813 = HJ2814A system. We show that (i) a previously
discovered faint star that is separated by 2" from the A star is actually a
background source; (ii) the $Gaia$-$Hipparcos$ acceleration is caused by a
newly discovered $0.74 M_{\odot}$ star that was missed in previous AO images
and we solve for its $P \approx 60 \text{ yrs}$ astrometric orbit; (iii) by
combining previously obtained spectra we show that the A star has a very close
$0.85 M_{\odot}$ companion on a 13.4-day period orbit. The radial velocity
curve combined with NIR interferometry constrains its orbit allowing
Kozai-Lidov oscillations in the hierarchical triple to be ruled out. The system
HJ2814 is one of only about fifteen known 5+ systems with an A star primary,
and will result in a system of between two to five bound WDs within around a
Hubble time.
