Chapter 8 - Claire Left A Recording Too
The flash drive contained a video.
Claire sat in the same memorial room when she recorded it.
Her hair was shorter.
Her face thinner.
She smiled at the camera.
“If you are seeing this because someone fought Lily over the necklace, then apparently I knew my family too well.”
Lily cried.
Noah held her hand.
Claire continued.
“The necklace is Lily’s. It has no independent authority over any trust. The key exists only to lead Henry to this file.”
Then she looked straight into the lens.
“Vanessa, if it is you, stop.”
Vanessa covered her mouth.
Claire’s voice softened.
“I have helped you because I love you. Help is not ownership. Debt is not inheritance. And my children are not the collection department for your mistakes.”
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Nobody in the room moved.
The dead woman Vanessa had mocked minutes earlier had, in a sense, answered her.
