Chapter 5 - Tracing The Missing Funds From Lily’s Savings Account
Unsettled by the unfolding deception, Daniel opened his home laptop on the dining table and logged into his banking portal.
He clicked on the trust and savings account he had established the day Lily was born to secure her college fund.
His fingers flew across the keyboard as he pulled up the historical transaction ledgers for the past twelve months.
Fourteen separate wire transfers totaling over eighty thousand dollars had been siphoned out of Lily’s account.
The funds hadn't gone toward groceries or household expenses; they were routed to an offshore shell corporation in the Cayman Islands.
“Claire... where is eighty grand from Lily’s college fund?” Daniel asked, his voice dangerously low and controlled.
Claire froze mid-stride near the hallway archway, her knuckles turning white as she gripped the wooden frame.
“We... we had unexpected medical bills and investment opportunities that required immediate liquidity,” she stammered, avoiding eye contact.
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“Lily’s account is legally locked for her exclusive benefit; you committed grand theft and financial fraud,” Daniel stated icily.
The financial betrayal hit him harder than the physical abuse, because it proved her arrival in his life was premeditated.
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