Chapter 4 - The Truth About the Estate
Silence hung thick over the luxury patio. Guests who had been invited to celebrate a birthday were now watching a high-society marriage collapse in real time.
Harrison stepped forward, his face flushed with sudden confusion and panic. "Mom, what are you talking about? The deed has my name on it! We filed the paperwork six months ago!"
"You filed forged transfer documents prepared by Sloan’s uncle," Catherine stated calmly, sitting down in her high-backed patio chair as if nothing had happened.
Sloan’s eyes widened in horror. "That's a lie! You signed those papers willingly!"
"I signed a conditional agreement, Sloan," Catherine corrected, looking directly into her daughter-in-law's panicked face. "An agreement that stated if Harrison ever failed to honor his fiduciary duty as the executor of his father's trust, or allowed the estate to be misused, full ownership would immediately revert to me."
Harrison felt his stomach drop into a dark abyss. "Mom... I... I didn't know—"
"You didn't care to know, Harrison," Catherine cut him off gently, but with absolute finality. "Because every time your wife demanded more money, you handed her the keys without checking the lock."
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Sloan grabbed the dark envelope, her manicured fingers tearing it open in a frantic rush to read the legal clauses inside.
👉 What crucial document slipped out of the dark envelope alongside the eviction papers?
