Chapter 8 - Daniel Finally Comes Home
Daniel returned the next afternoon.
Laura was waiting with Rebecca.
Ethan was safely with Laura’s sister.
Daniel looked at the documents on the table.
His face fell.
“How much do you know?”
Laura almost laughed.
“That’s your opening sentence?”
Daniel admitted he knew about the incapacity petition.
He claimed Margaret convinced him Laura was emotionally unraveling after
Robert’s death.
“She showed me videos.”
“Edited videos.”
“I know that now.”
“When did you know?”
Daniel hesitated.
That hesitation answered her.
Two weeks earlier.
He had discovered Margaret manipulated one recording.
Yet he had not stopped the Monday meeting.
“Why?”
Daniel sat down.
“Because I’d already signed documents.”
Laura stared.
He had agreed to become temporary fiduciary if the petition succeeded.
And he had signed a preliminary letter supporting the property sale.
Daniel insisted he believed the sale would benefit Laura financially.
Laura replied:
May you like
“You decided what was best for me while helping prove I couldn’t decide
for myself.”
