Chapter 19 - Facing Avia In The Cold Courtroom Lobby
Beck handed her the Swiss legal notice across the kitchen island without uttering a single syllable.
Talia read the document twice, her eyebrows furrowing as the deeper implications of the Swiss trust became clear.
“Your father had an entirely separate estate hidden overseas that Avia never managed to touch,” Talia realized aloud.
“Which means my mother wasn't just hiding her own schemes; she was fighting to keep me from discovering my father's real legacy,” Beck added.
The doorbell rang sharply, interrupting their conversation before they could process the international revelation.
Beck walked to the front entryway and pulled the door open, finding a courier holding a digital signature tablet.
“Package for Natalia Vance from the federal penitentiary upstate,” the courier stated in a monotone voice.
Beck signed the digital pad, took the small padded envelope, and thanked the courier before closing the door.
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He carried it to the living room table, where Talia sat waiting with a tense, guarded expression on her face.
She opened the padded envelope carefully, sliding out a handwritten letter penned on lined institutional paper.
