Chapter 3 - Claire Expected Someone To Challenge
Noah looked furious.
“You knew somebody would try to take it?”
Henry shook his head.
“Your mother was careful. Not psychic.”
Claire had revised her estate plan eighteen months before she died from cancer.
She knew family finances had become tense.
Vanessa had borrowed money from her twice.
Ethan had recently launched an investment company.
And several relatives had begun asking what would happen to Claire’s business interests after her death.
So Claire created instructions.
If Lily ever lost possession of the necklace through pressure, coercion, or a disputed claim, Henry was to open a secondary file.
The key inside the pendant corresponded to a safe-deposit box held jointly by Claire’s trust and the estate firm.
Vanessa knew a key existed.
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She did not know where Claire had hidden it.
Until she saw Lily wearing the necklace at the memorial.
