Chapter 1 - THE PAPERLily’s foot slipped from the edge of the grand staircase.
“Daddy!”
Daniel watched his six-year-old daughter tumble several steps before stopping on the lower landing. He ran to her, gathered her carefully into his arms, and checked her for pain. She was frightened and shaken, but conscious and without visible injury.
“She could’ve been hurt!” he shouted.
Eleanor descended with chilling calm.
“So what? She was in my way.”
Daniel moved Lily safely behind him.
“Say that again.”
“She. Was. In. My. Way.”
When Eleanor called Lily a brat, Daniel lost control. Two open-handed slaps sent Eleanor staggering onto the flat landing, away from the stairs. He stopped immediately.
Then something slipped from her burgundy dress.
A folded document.
Eleanor’s face changed.
“Don’t!”
Daniel reached it first.
He unfolded the page.
His anger vanished into confusion.
Then shock.
At the bottom was his own signature.
Except Daniel had never signed it.
He slowly looked at Eleanor.
“You did this?”
She backed away.
May you like
Daniel’s voice dropped.
“You planned it.”
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