Chapter 5 - Tiffany Promised A House She Never Owned
The truth came out in pieces.
Tiffany had told her parents that Margaret planned to transfer the
Bennett lake cottage to Daniel after the wedding.
Caroline and her husband had already planned to sell their current home
and move near the lake.
Tiffany even showed them a draft deed.
Margaret asked to see it.
Caroline pulled a photograph from her phone.
The document looked real.
It carried Margaret’s name.
Her property description.
And a signature.
But the signature was not hers.
Margaret’s stomach tightened.
“Where did you get this?”
Caroline looked at Tiffany.
Tiffany finally sat.
“It was a draft.”
“Who drafted it?”
“Daniel’s lawyer.”
Daniel stood.
“No.”
Everyone turned.
“I never asked a lawyer to prepare that.”
Tiffany began crying.
She said she found an old unsigned estate-planning document in Daniel’s
home office.
Margaret had once considered placing the cottage in a family trust.
Tiffany scanned it.
Then altered the first page to make it look like a direct transfer.
She insisted she never intended to record it.
She only wanted her parents to believe their future was secure.
Margaret stared at her.
“You forged my signature to impress your mother?”
“I copied it from the wedding contract.”
Daniel looked physically ill.
The slap had been shocking.
The fake deed was different.
It required preparation.
Margaret asked why Tiffany was so desperate to promise the cottage.
Caroline answered before her daughter could.
“Because Tiffany told us Daniel was worth thirty million dollars.”
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Daniel closed his eyes.
Margaret knew immediately that another lie was coming.
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