Chapter 7 - THE FOLDER WITH THE MARLOWE CRESTThe leather folder contained Catherine’s original trust claim.
Her letters.
My birth record.
Stock certificates.
And a sealed statement from Augustus.
He admitted Catherine’s renunciation had been signed under pressure.
To correct it without publicly disgracing the family, he created the hidden trust.
Cowardly justice.
Delayed until everyone responsible expected to be dead.
Nathaniel administered it.
He had legal authority to locate me.
He waited.
“Why?” I asked.
“Genevieve’s mother threatened years of litigation.”
“That is what courts are for.”
“I feared the company would collapse.”
“So you let my mother collapse instead.”
He lowered his eyes.
“Yes.”
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His truth did not earn forgiveness.
It made further conversation possible.
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Chapter 8 - MEDICAL CARE BEFORE REVENGEA doctor cleaned my palms and examined my cheek.
Chapter 9 - THE GUESTS WHO RECORDED EVERYTHINGSeven guests recorded the lobby confrontation.
Chapter 10 - THE HEIRESS NOBODY WAS SUPPOSED TO FINDMy mother raised me under the name Eliza Marlowe.
Chapter 11 - THE MISSING MARLOWE DAUGHTERCatherine’s supposed renunciation was forged.
Chapter 12 - THE TRUST ACTIVATED AT TWENTY-FIVEThe trust activated on my twenty-fifth birthday automatically.
Chapter 13 - GENEVIEVE ALREADY KNEW HER FACEA search of Genevieve’s office found a red folder labeled E.M.
