Chapter 7 - Maxwell Says His Father Forced Him
Maxwell requested to speak through attorneys.
Chloe agreed only after her own lawyer arrived.
Maxwell admitted participating in the pressure campaign.
He knew the emails attributed to Daniel were altered.
He knew Chloe had been misled about her brother’s support.
He claimed Richard created the plan.
“My father said your family stole from ours.”
Chloe answered:
“So you lied to me?”
“Yes.”
“Because your father told you to?”
Maxwell looked ashamed.
“At first.”
The answer mattered.
He could not place every choice on Richard.
Maxwell admitted he later continued because he became afraid Chloe would
leave him if she learned the truth.
The financial power of attorney was meant to secure leverage before the
wedding.
Cecelia believed that once the marriage settled, both families could
negotiate privately.
Daniel asked about Andrew Vale.
Maxwell said Andrew was Richard’s longtime friend.
He was told Chloe had become emotionally unstable.
Andrew agreed to evaluate her informally.
Chloe stared.
“He spoke to me for twenty minutes.”
Maxwell lowered his head.
“I know.”
“You let him describe me as unstable?”
“Yes.”
Chloe’s voice became quiet.
“Get out.”
Maxwell left.
Margaret expected Chloe to collapse.
Instead, Chloe asked her attorney:
“Can I revoke the power of attorney?”
“Yes.”
“Do it.”
The revocation was prepared immediately.
The medical authorization was revoked too.
Not because every document had been proven invalid.
Because Chloe still had legal capacity and chose to withdraw authority.
That distinction gave her back something the wedding day had stripped
away.
Choice.
Then Daniel’s forensic specialist reviewed the fake emails.
They had been built from real messages.
Someone had accessed Daniel’s old company account.
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Login records pointed to a device inside Bennett Medical Technologies.
The deception had help from Chloe’s own family company.
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