Chapter 11 - Eleanor Explains The Deeper Financial Trap Set Up
Inside the backseat of the luxury town car, Daniel held his mother’s hand as they headed toward the estate.
“Are you feeling alright, Mom? Do we need to stop by the medical center for your wrist?” Daniel asked anxiously.
“I’m fine, son, just a bit shaken up; the real damage was what she was planning for our company,” Eleanor said.
She opened her leather handbag, pulling out the printed corporate audit report she had found in Jessica’s desk.
“Look at these transfer dates, Daniel; she was planning to execute the final asset buyout at midnight tonight,” Eleanor explained.
Daniel scanned the papers, his blood running cold as he saw his own forged signature on the legal documents.
“She had power of attorney drafted through a corrupt notary public downtown,” Daniel realized in horror.
“If we had gone through with that wedding tomorrow morning, she would have owned eighty percent of Caruso Holdings,” Eleanor added.
“She played the long game, but she underestimated a mother’s instinct to protect her family,” Daniel said grimly.
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He pulled out his phone, dialing the direct extension of his chief legal counsel at the downtown firm.
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