Chapter 8 - A Quiet Dinner Turned Into A TrapDiane Cole asked Claire to dinner.
The setting looked painfully normal.
Polished silver.
Wine glasses.
Family portraits.
The American flag visible through the front windows.
Diane spoke gently.
She blamed Ethan’s behavior on panic.
Then she offered Claire two million dollars.
Claire read the settlement.
It required her to waive claims involving the house.
The trust.
Cole Holdings.
And Margaret Bennett’s death.
Maya secretly recorded the conversation.
Claire asked why her mother’s accident appeared in a property settlement.
Diane’s face hardened.
Then she said something she could not take back.
“Walter protected both families after Margaret died.”
The lights went out immediately afterward.
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The security system dropped offline.
And from the rear hallway came the unmistakable sound of a locked door opening.
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