Chapter 7 - Noah Learns His Own Trust Was Smaller
Noah expected Lily’s trust to be enormous.
It was significant.
But not absurd.
Claire had sold part of her medical-supply company before her death.
After taxes, debts, charitable gifts, and other estate obligations, the two children’s trusts together held about $3.8 million.
Noah’s share was smaller because Claire had already helped him through college and funded the start of his architecture business.
Lily’s trust held approximately $2.4 million.
Vanessa had apparently heard a much larger number.
Ethan told her the trust was worth “at least ten million.”
It was not.
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He had confused the value of Claire’s company before liabilities with the assets actually transferred to the trust.
Vanessa attacked a ten-year-old child over money that did not even exist in the amount she imagined.
