Chapter 8 - The Missing Seven Hundred Sixty Thousand
The unsupported $760,000 did not go to one place.
It moved through four companies.
Two belonged to Marianne.
One to Eric.
One to a charity foundation controlled by Victoria.
At first, that looked like obvious diversion.
Then auditors traced the charity payments.
Half funded legitimate housing assistance.
The rest purchased a lake property.
The property title was not in Victoria’s name.
It belonged to a woman named Lena Moreno.
Nathan went pale.
Emma noticed.
“Who is Lena?”
Nathan whispered:
“My father’s sister.”
Victoria had always said Lena left the family decades ago and wanted
nothing to do with them.
She was still alive.
And the family reserve had quietly supported her for years.
Victoria said the secrecy was necessary because Lena had once been
involved in a bitter lawsuit against Nathan’s father.
Nathan asked whether Lena knew the money came from the trust.
Victoria said yes.
That was partly true.
Lena later produced letters showing Victoria promised support from
“family funds.”
But Lena had never seen the false consulting invoices.
She believed everything was authorized.
The $760,000 was not a simple theft.
Some supported Lena.
Some funded legitimate confidential matters.
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And roughly $280,000 still had no clear purpose.
That remaining amount led back to Chloe.
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