Chapter 2: The Clause of Consequences
Vanessa paused, the document inches from her face. She looked at the signature—bold, shaky, but unmistakably her late husband’s. "I have it. The estate is mine. The offshore accounts are being liquidated as we speak. There is nothing you can do."
"Did you read page four?" Abigail asked, walking toward the railing of the balcony. "The page where the secondary executor is defined? You were so busy forcing his hand to sign the transfer of assets that you didn't notice the legal addendum I attached to the original filing."
Vanessa frowned, her thumb frantically flipping pages. "There was no addendum. I checked the draft!"
"The draft was yours," Abigail countered. "The final filing was mine. My father knew you were planning this, Vanessa. He knew for months. He didn't fight you because he wanted to see exactly how far you’d go. He wanted to see if you would attempt to bypass the executor's clause."
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Chloe stepped forward, her voice a frightened whisper. "Mother, stop. Look at the seal."
Vanessa glanced down. The seal at the bottom of the page wasn't the standard lawyer’s stamp. It was an official seal from the State Attorney’s Office of Financial Crimes. Her face went pale.
