Chapter 7 - Forty-Five Minutes of TruthThe confession lasted forty-five minutes.
Evans described everything.
The medications.
The injections.
The falsified medical records.
The fake diagnoses.
The forged reports designed to make Ava appear mentally incompetent.
Margaret had wanted the courts to believe Ava could no longer manage her affairs.
Then she would seize control of the trust.
And eventually, the Vance empire.
But there was something worse.
Margaret had told Evans that Daniel would never believe Ava.
Because Daniel had always trusted his mother.
When the recording ended, nobody spoke.
Ava stared through the window.
"I thought I was dying."
Daniel moved beside her.
"You almost did."
She looked at him.
"Why didn't you see it?"
The question destroyed him.
"I don't know."
He knelt beside her wheelchair.
"But I see it now."
Ava touched his cheek.
"I don't need you to punish yourself."
Daniel covered her hand with his.
"I need to make sure nobody ever gets another chance to hurt you."
Outside, the rain stopped.
May you like
But another storm was already forming.
Because Margaret wasn't finished.
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