Chapter 4 - The Transfer of the Estate
Thirty minutes before the armored vehicles arrived, Claire had been sitting at a small wooden desk in her basement room, holding a fountain pen.
Standing across from her was a senior federal prosecutor and two military intelligence agents holding a leather binder.
"General Vance," the lead prosecutor had said respectfully, using her true rank for the first time on domestic soil. "The financial audit of the Montgomery Estate is complete. Every dollar Ethan and Margaret used to buy this mansion was illegally funneled through stolen defense contracts."
Claire had quietly signed her official name across the bottom of the federal seizure order.
"Does my husband know?" Claire had asked calmly.
"Ethan believes he bought this estate with his private investment firm," the prosecutor had replied. "He has no idea that his mother embezzled sixty million dollars from federal logistics funds ten years ago—or that the deed was automatically transferred into your military trust thirty days ago."
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Claire had stood up, smoothing down the lapels of her uniform. "It’s time my son sees who his mother really is."
👉 What did Margaret try to do to Claire when the guests began whispering on the lawn?
