Chapter 10 - Vanessa Wasn’t Part of This
There was no Vanessa in this family.
No outsider to blame.
No mysterious investor pulling the strings.
Just Rebecca.
Tom.
And the choices they made.
That truth became clearer when the accountant reconstructed the
transfers.
Rebecca initiated five of the largest withdrawals using online access
Robert had given her for bill payments.
Tom created North Shore Ventures.
Tom’s company received debt payments.
Rebecca approved invoices.
Tom arranged land purchases.
Some actions were separate.
Others overlapped.
The evidence suggested partnership, not one spouse manipulating the
other.
Rebecca wanted the lake.
Tom needed money.
Their motives met in the middle.
Daniel looked at his sister across Elaine’s office.
“You used Dad’s trust in you.”
Rebecca looked exhausted.
“I know.”
“And then you blamed me.”
“I know.”
“And when I showed proof, you hit me.”
She looked down.
“I know.”
For the first time since the BBQ, she stopped defending herself.
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It was not forgiveness.
But it was the first honest sentence she had given him.
