Chapter 3 - YOU’RE STANDING INSIDE MY INHERITANCEThe Bellmont Crown belonged to Marlowe Holdings.
My grandfather, Augustus Marlowe, founded the company.
His eldest daughter—my mother, Catherine—was removed from the family after becoming pregnant outside marriage.
Genevieve’s mother, Lydia, remained.
Publicly, Catherine signed away her inheritance.
Privately, she challenged the document until her death.
I grew up in rented apartments while the hotel displayed portraits of my ancestors.
My mother never told me we were poor because someone stole from us.
She said only:
“Names open doors for people willing to close them on others.”
At twenty-five, a protected trust activated.
It contained fifty-one percent of Marlowe Holdings.
Nathaniel had served as family attorney for forty years.
He arrived two days after my birthday.
“I should have found you sooner,” he said.
I did not trust him.
I still didn’t.
But the documents were real.
Genevieve had acted as hotel president under the assumption that no controlling heir would appear.
Now I had.
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Ownership did not make me capable.
It made ignoring me harder.
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