Chapter 8 - Beatrice Owned Part of Pacific Crest
The next forensic report arrived four days later.
Pacific Crest had changed ownership twice.
Its original formation documents listed Daniel Mercer.
But bank records showed startup money came from Beatrice.
$75,000.
She called it a loan.
There was no loan agreement.
Then accountants traced periodic distributions back to an investment
account she controlled.
Beatrice had received $96,000 over two years.
She claimed she believed Pacific Crest was a legitimate marketing
company.
That was possible.
Then Rebecca found emails.
Beatrice to Lucas:
Camilla watches the main account too closely. Run family items through
Daniel’s company.
Lucas:
That’s what we’ve been doing.
Beatrice:
Good. She doesn’t need to know every little thing.
That email did not prove she understood every questionable invoice.
It proved she knowingly participated in hiding family expenses from me.
For years she had called Lumina her son’s restaurant.
May you like
Now I understood why.
She had been spending its money as if that lie were legally true.
