Chapter 17 - Securing Full Ownership Of The Estate And Charities
Three weeks later, the family court judge signed an emergency decree awarding me sole ownership of the Lake Forest estate, the charitable foundation, and eighty percent of the liquidated assets. The judge cited Mason’s extensive fraud, hidden accounts, and marital misconduct as grounds for the unprecedented settlement.
I walked through the grand halls of the Lake Forest estate, removing every portrait of Mason and replacing them with modern art pieces I had always loved. The house was no longer his fortress; it was my sanctuary, built on the ashes of his arrogance.
