Chapter 6 - Margaret Reveals an Old Agreement
Twenty-two years earlier, Claire Shaw had worked as a financial adviser
to the Blake family.
She discovered Andrew’s late father, William, had hidden millions in
losses from investors.
Claire threatened to report him.
Then she vanished.
Victoria stared at Margaret.
“My mother died in a boating accident.”
Margaret shook her head.
“That’s what we were told.”
Claire’s body had never been recovered.
Victoria had been eleven.
Evelyn, Claire’s sister, became her guardian.
Margaret revealed that William later paid Evelyn a large settlement.
Andrew looked sick.
“My father paid her?”
Margaret nodded.
Caroline discovered the agreement years later.
She believed Claire had blackmailed William and abandoned Victoria for
money.
But Margaret never believed that version.
Claire had left behind one unsigned statement accusing William of
threatening Victoria.
Victoria’s knees weakened.
Her mother may not have abandoned her.
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She may have disappeared because someone threatened her child.
Now, two decades later, someone was using Lily the same way.
