Chapter 13 - Claire Returns To Claim Her Mother’s Legacy
On Thursday afternoon, a sleek black town car pulled up to the Highland Park estate, accompanied by two Vance security vehicles.
Claire stepped out onto the driveway, wearing an elegant cream-colored coat and dark sunglasses that masked the healing bruises on her face.
Accompanied by Miller and two legal representatives, she walked through the front door of the mansion she had once called home.
The grand house was eerily silent, devoid of the arrogant laughter and clinking wine glasses that had echoed through its halls nights before.
Claire walked straight into the dining room, where the priceless pearl earrings lay on a velvet cloth on the table where Grant left them.
She picked up the delicate pearls, holding them against her chest as tears of quiet relief finally welled up in her eyes.
“Pack every item that belonged to my mother, Miller,” Claire instructed calmly, looking around the expansive, hollow dining room.
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“And the house, Ms. Vance?” Miller asked, holding a clipboard containing the property’s master foreclosure documents.
“Sell it at public auction,” Claire replied, turning her back on the estate forever. “Donate every dollar of the proceeds to women’s shelters.”
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