Chapter 4 - Margaret Had Already Paid Vanessa
The anonymous sender provided a bank record.
Margaret had transferred $75,000 to Vanessa’s consulting company.
Memo: FAMILY CONSULTING.
Emma’s attorney, Julia Bennett, warned her not to assume what the
payment meant.
Daniel brought documents showing Vanessa had later been hired by the
Sterling Family Foundation as an events consultant.
That explained why she was suddenly everywhere.
Family dinners.
Galas.
Private meetings.
Emma stared at Daniel.
“You knew your mother wanted Vanessa carrying your child, and then you
let her keep bringing Vanessa into our lives?”
“I thought ignoring it would make it disappear.”
Emma touched the bandage on her forehead.
“Your mother threw a plate at me because everyone in your family thinks
silence makes problems disappear.”
Daniel could not argue.
Then Julia called.
May you like
She had found a connection between Vanessa and Margaret that began
twenty-seven years earlier—before Vanessa was even born.
