Chapter 14 - EIGHTY-FOUR MILLION REASONS FOR FEARCharles hadn't merely written an apology.
Before his death, he had quietly established a trust designed to compensate Thomas Bennett's descendants.
Lenora had concealed it.
She couldn't legally take the money.
But she could delay discovery.
If Audrey disappeared from Grant's life before learning the truth, Lenora believed the trust could remain buried for years.
Grant confronted her.
“You knew.”
Lenora sat silently inside her attorney's office.
“You knew Audrey was entitled to everything Dad left in that trust.”
Lenora finally looked at him.
“I was protecting you.”
Grant laughed bitterly.
“From what?”
“From losing what should have been yours.”
“It was never mine.”
Those four words destroyed whatever remained between them.
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Lenora had spent decades teaching Grant that family legacy was sacred.
Now Grant understood the difference between legacy and theft.
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