Chapter 27 - Receiving unexpected legal correspondence from a foreign jurisdiction regarding an unknown branch of the family tree hidden in Europe.
A week after the charity gala, a formal legal envelope arrived from a probate attorney based in Geneva, Switzerland.
Ethan opened the international mail inside his study, scanning the formal translated legal brief with furrowed brows.
The document revealed that his late grandfather had fathered a child during a diplomatic posting in Europe prior to marrying Eleanor.
That estranged half-uncle had recently passed away, leaving his entire European estate and historical archives to the Montgomery family.
"We have family overseas we never even knew existed," Ethan told Clara, handing her the translated Swiss probate papers.
"Another branch of the family tree... I wonder if they suffered under Eleanor's manipulation as much as we did," Clara mused thoughtfully.
They decided to dispatch a trusted family attorney to Geneva to investigate the European inheritance and meet the distant relatives.
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It seemed the Montgomery family history was infinitely more complex and interwoven than they had ever imagined possible.
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