Chapter 12 - Vanessa Gives Claire the Original Document
Vanessa met Claire privately.
She handed her the original beneficial-interest acknowledgment.
Claire examined Vanessa’s signature.
“This caused quite a lunch.”
Vanessa looked embarrassed.
“So I heard.”
Claire already knew how Vanessa treated Margaret.
She did not approve.
But she also knew Margaret’s history.
“Families make a mistake,” Claire said.
“What mistake?”
“They decide somebody has to be completely innocent before they deserve
decent treatment.”
Vanessa looked at her.
Claire continued.
“Margaret betrayed me. That doesn’t mean you get to humiliate her.”
Vanessa nodded.
“And you discovering my property doesn’t make what you did to Ethan
harmless either.”
Vanessa almost smiled.
“You really don’t let anyone off easily.”
“I spent twenty years being told simplified stories.”
Claire signed the final title documents after independent review.
Harbor House was legally restored to her.
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Then she surprised everyone.
She did not keep it.
