Chapter 7 - Lorraine Wanted Theo Excluded Before the Estate Review
The timing was not random.
Arthur’s estate had reached a scheduled five-year review.
Several family assets held inside long-term trusts were being reorganized.
No magical inheritance transfer.
No instant fortune.
But verified descendants mattered.
A recognized biological child of Garrett would become a contingent beneficiary of specific family trusts established by Arthur.
Theo’s existence did not take money directly from Lorraine that day.
But it limited her influence over what happened later.
More importantly, recognizing Theo would force lawyers to revisit older family records.
Including Daniel.
That terrified Lorraine.
For years, she had maintained that Daniel’s situation was a youthful mistake Arthur had exaggerated out of guilt.
Theo reopened the exact mechanism Lorraine had once controlled.
Another disputed child.
Another questionable paternity test.
Another independent result contradicting her paperwork.
If attorneys compared the two cases—
the pattern would be obvious.
Lorraine wasn’t afraid of one baby receiving money.
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She was afraid one baby would prove she had been manipulating the family’s definition of belonging for decades.
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