Chapter 2 - A SIGNATURE THAT WASN’T HISDaniel did not continue the confrontation.
Lily came first.
He took her for medical evaluation, where she was found to have soreness consistent with a fall but no serious injury. Only after she was safe did Daniel look again at the document.
It appeared to authorize a change in management of the family trust that controlled the mansion.
Daniel’s name appeared at the bottom.
The signature looked convincing.
Too convincing.
But he refused to call it a forgery before checking.
He contacted Rebecca Cole, the attorney whose firm appeared on the document.
Her answer unsettled him.
“We prepared an early version of something similar.”
“So I signed it?”
“No.”
Daniel went silent.
Rebecca asked him to send a copy.
Minutes later she called back.
“This signature page isn’t from our file.”
Daniel stared at Eleanor’s document.
Then Rebecca added something worse.
“Your mother has contacted us several times asking what happens if you can no longer manage Lily’s interests.”
Daniel’s grip tightened around the phone.
“Why would she ask that?”
“I thought it was estate planning.”
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Daniel looked toward Lily’s bedroom.
Now he wondered whether Eleanor had been planning something much more deliberate.
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