Chapter 4 - Sophia’s Trust Was Never Empty
Nathan had believed Sophia’s remaining trust contained only a modest
inheritance for Emma.
His attorney, Melissa Grant, found a sealed asset schedule that had
never been released.
Sophia had specified a date.
Emma’s fifth birthday.
The exact day Richard entered the mansion.
The schedule revealed that Sophia had quietly acquired twelve percent of
Westbridge during its earliest years and placed those shares in trust
for Emma.
The shares would not give Emma control of the company, but they could
influence major votes.
Nathan stared at the document.
“How did I not know?”
Melissa showed him a scanned handwritten note from Sophia.
Do not release these shares directly to Nathan until Emma turns five. If
Richard remains involved with Westbridge, independent review must happen
first.
Nathan felt wounded by the sentence.
Sophia had distrusted Richard years before Nathan finally fired him.
She had also believed Nathan might not listen.
Detective Bennett then uncovered another connection.
Claire had been communicating with Margaret Vale for nearly a year.
Margaret was Richard’s mother.
More importantly, she had once been Sophia’s private accountant.
Claire had not stumbled into an old financial mystery.
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Someone connected to Sophia had brought her into it.
And Nathan still did not know why.
