Chapter 9 - Cassandra Said She Was Only “Borrowing” What Would Eventually Be Ours
When Cassandra finally agreed to a recorded interview with attorneys present, her explanation shifted constantly.
First:
She knew nothing.
Then:
Logan handled the finances.
Then:
The invoices represented legitimate household work.
Then investigators showed her the ring payment.
She went silent.
Finally she said:
“It wasn’t supposed to be permanent.”
I stared at her.
“What wasn’t?”
“The money.”
“You stole from my daughter temporarily?”
“We were going to replace it after the wedding.”
“With what?”
She had no answer.
Then came the belief underneath everything.
“Once we were married, it would all be one family anyway.”
I felt physically sick.
“No. Lucy’s trust would still be Lucy’s.”
“I know legally—”
“No. Not just legally.”
Cassandra’s face hardened.
“You act like Natalie is still running this house from the grave.”
There it was.
Not merely greed.
Resentment.
Every protected dollar.
Every piece of jewelry.
Every photograph.
Every story Lucy told about her mother.
To Cassandra, Natalie’s continued presence felt like competition.
She wanted to become Mrs. Rafael Donnelly without accepting that my late wife would remain part of our daughter’s life forever.
So she began treating Natalie’s legacy like unused property.
May you like
Something the living were entitled to repurpose.
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