Chapter 7 - Daniel Finds His Father’s Addendum
Daniel’s late father, Robert Hale, had owned the building.
After Robert died, Margaret administered much of the estate.
Daniel believed ownership had eventually transferred into a family
holding company shared equally among him and Vanessa.
It had not.
Robert’s original estate file contained an addendum Daniel had never
seen.
It granted Daniel a controlling interest in the building once he opened
an operating business there.
Robert had written:
Daniel builds. Vanessa chases excitement. Give each child what they can
carry responsibly.
Vanessa read the sentence twice.
Her face changed.
“So Dad left him more?”
Margaret answered immediately.
“He was trying to divide you.”
“No,” Daniel said. “You hid it.”
Margaret claimed Robert had signed the addendum while ill and
emotionally unstable.
But the document had witnesses.
A lawyer.
A medical-capacity statement.
And a date months before his final hospitalization.
Emily looked at Margaret.
The stolen cash had been used to protect Gregory.
May you like
But hiding Robert’s addendum had protected something else.
Margaret’s control.
