Chapter 3 - THE HOUSEThe mansion had belonged to Daniel’s late father.
After his death, it was placed inside a family trust.
Daniel held primary management rights.
Lily would eventually become a beneficiary.
Eleanor had limited administrative authority.
Limited was the important word.
She could handle routine expenses.
She could not sell the mansion.
She could not borrow against it.
And she could not remove Daniel without a formal process.
Rebecca showed Daniel several emails Eleanor had sent over the previous six months.
What if Daniel remarried?
What if he moved?
What if he became unable to manage the trust?
What if Lily needed another guardian?
None of those questions proved wrongdoing.
But the pattern bothered Daniel.
Then Rebecca found something else.
Someone using Eleanor’s authorized account had requested copies of older documents containing Daniel’s verified signatures.
Daniel stared at the page he found after the fall.
“So whoever made this had samples.”
“Possibly.”
Daniel remembered something Lily had once said.
Grandma says the house belongs to the family, not Daddy.
At the time, he had laughed.
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Now it sounded less like sentiment.
And more like a warning.
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