Chapter 7 - David Left One Final Warning
The letter was seventeen years old.
Margaret read it aloud.
If Charlotte ever returns, do not tell her the truth until you know who is watching.
David wrote that Celeste’s father had not acted alone.
The larger danger was inside Hale Holdings.
Richard frowned.
“What danger?”
Margaret continued.
Charlotte’s unborn trust shares had been used to cover hidden corporate losses.
The architect was not merely Celeste’s father.
It was Harold Hale.
David and Richard’s father.
Ethan’s grandfather.
Richard sat down.
“No.”
Margaret kept reading.
Harold had hidden enormous losses and used Charlotte’s future ownership as collateral.
David feared exposure would put the child at risk.
Celeste whispered, “So he took her.”
“He bought time.”
“He destroyed my life.”
Margaret did not argue.
At the bottom of the letter, one line had been underlined.
IF RICHARD LEARNS THE FULL TRUTH, DO NOT LET HIM NEAR THE ORIGINAL TRUST LEDGER.
Ethan looked at his uncle.
Richard stared at the page.
Suddenly the intruder upstairs made sense.
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He had not been searching for Emma.
He had been searching for the ledger.
