Chapter 22 - THE COUNTER-ATTACK
"We are not giving up," Sarah declared, walking into the study with a stack of old legal folders from the basement storage.
"If my father committed a crime thirty years ago, that is on his memory... but we will not let Chloe use it to destroy us," Sarah asserted.
Margaret walked over to her late husband's desk, opening a secret bottom drawer hidden behind the mahogany paneling.
She pulled out a small black velvet box, opening it to reveal a set of old brass keys and a micro cassette tape.
"Your father was a paranoid man, David... he recorded every conversation he ever had in this office," Margaret revealed.
"Including the conversations he had with Arthur Vance thirty years ago when they framed Harrison," she added.
David looked up from the leather chair, a spark of hope igniting in his eyes as he looked at the micro cassette tape.
"If Arthur Vance helped Dad forge the documents thirty years ago, he’s guilty of conspiracy and legal malpractice," David realized.
"And an attorney involved in a criminal conspiracy cannot execute a trust agreement under US federal law," Sarah added excitedly.
Margaret picked up the tiny cassette, holding it up to the light with a sharp, victorious smile returning to her face.
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"Arthur Vance thinks he came here to execute a forty-million-dollar inheritance... but he just walked into a thirty-year trap," Margaret declared.
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