Champagne Covered Claire's Dress, But Her Mother's Return Exposed The Secret Richard Had Been Hiding From Both Families For Years
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Chapter 9 - The Mercer Claim Was Real
The forensic review took months.
Claire refused to assume she was suddenly wealthy.
Marcus warned her that old business records were incomplete.
Some claims had expired.
Some ownership interests had been diluted legitimately.
Some of Evelyn’s suspicions were stronger emotionally than legally.
But one claim survived.
Thomas Mercer retained a documented interest in a property scheduled for
sale.
Claire, as his heir, was entitled to a portion.
Not half the Vale fortune.
Not hundreds of millions.
Enough to matter.
More important, it proved her father had not been the financially
careless failure Edward Vale’s settlement papers implied.
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Thomas had built something.
The record had simply been buried beneath more powerful names.
