Chapter 26 - Investigating an overseas connection that exposes a long buried identity fraud scheme executed by the imprisoned aging matriarch many decades ago in the past today.
Ethan immediately contacted Arthur Pendelton, the elderly family attorney, to investigate the London archival records.
Working through international legal channels, Arthur uncovered a staggering trail of identity fraud and concealed marriages.
Before marrying Ethan's father, Helen had legally married a British lord under a false surname, had a child, and abandoned them.
She had wiped her immigration records clean upon arriving in America, inventing a fictitious backstory to entrap wealthy heirs.
"She was an international con artist who spent her entire life hiding behind stolen identities and manipulated marriages," Arthur explained.
The prosecutor added international identity fraud and immigration falsification to Helen's pending federal sentencing dossier.
Helen's dream of a quiet retirement or early parole vanished completely under the weight of multi-jurisdictional felony charges.
Chloe helped Ethan process the shocking revelations, realizing that Helen's cruelty was rooted in a profound, unfixable sociopathy.
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They were dealing with a master manipulator who had deceived everyone she ever touched throughout her entire existence.
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