Chapter 11 - Ethan Investigates His Own Company
Ethan ordered an independent review of the old communications system.
The evidence confirmed Claire’s messages were deliberately redirected.
Victoria’s assistant admitted acting on Victoria’s instructions.
The assistant had believed Claire was harassing Ethan.
Victoria supplied that explanation.
Records also showed Victoria monitored Ethan’s calendar and phone
messages during the same period.
Ethan realized how much control he had surrendered because it was
convenient.
He had been wealthy.
Powerful.
Surrounded by employees.
And still allowed someone else to decide which truths reached him.
The review found no evidence Claire had ever requested money from
Blackwood Capital.
The alleged million-dollar payoff agreement Victoria showed Ethan years
earlier was an unsigned draft prepared by Victoria’s attorney.
Claire had never accepted it.
Ethan kept staring at the blank signature line.
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Seven years of anger had been built around a contract Claire never
signed.
