The Price of Stealing from the Quiet Daughter of a Powerful Empire
“She was asking for your medical records,” my father said. “Specifically, the psychiatric evaluation notes from your admission for exhaustion last year.”
My stomach dropped.
“I was dehydrated, Dad,” I said. “It wasn’t a psychiatric hold.”
“To a judge, or to the media, a clever lawyer can twist anything,” my father warned.
“They are going to try to prove I’m unfit,” I said, the realization hitting me like a physical blow.
“Yes,” he said. “They need to invalidate the prenuptial agreement, and they need to gain leverage over the trust.”
I looked over at the crib where Maisie was sleeping peacefully.
She was so small, so completely dependent on me.
I felt a sudden, fierce wave of protectiveness wash over me.
“I want to see the audit of the Delaware firm again,” I said, turning back to the screen.
“Why?” my father asked.
“Because if Nolan forged my name on a ten-million-dollar document, he didn’t do it alone,” I said. “Sloane Barrett is his operations director, but she’s also his notary.”
“You think she’ll break?”