I almost laughed. She had no idea how many nights Robert and I had spent worrying about money in our first apartment, how many extra shifts I worked after Sophie was born, how many arguments we survived simply because we refused to give up. There was nothing perfect about us. We built everything piece by piece.
Amanda placed another sheet on the table. “There’s one more issue. We recovered drafts of the fake lab report from an iCloud account linked to Claire’s laptop. The report was created three days ago.”
Claire’s mouth opened, but no words came out.
Diane sank into her chair. “Claire, tell me that’s not true.”
When Claire finally spoke, her voice had lost its sharpness. “I just needed Dad to delay tomorrow’s meeting. That’s all.”
I looked at Walter. “What meeting?”
He rubbed his face. “I was restructuring the trust. I planned to make Robert and Elena co-trustees if something happened to me. Claire would still receive her share, but she wouldn’t control distributions.”
There it was.
Not jealousy.
Money.
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