Chapter 4 - Uncovering the Motive
I spent the next three days sitting in a hospital chair right next to Liam's bed.
He was recovering incredibly well, his resilient spirit shining through despite the trauma.
While he slept, I met with detectives to figure out the one question that kept haunting me.
Why would my father try to kill his own grandson?
The answer arrived in a manila folder brought in by my late husband’s former attorney.
“I saw the news, and I realized I needed to bring this to you immediately,” the lawyer said, sitting across from me in the hospital cafeteria.
He slid a copy of my late mother’s secret trust fund documents across the table.
My mother had passed away five years ago, leaving her entire fortune to Richard, or so I had thought.
“Your mother amended her will secretly before she died,” the lawyer explained quietly.
“She knew Richard was squandering the family business to fund Chloe's lavish lifestyle.”
“She left a massive, untouchable trust fund entirely to Liam, which transfers to him upon his eighteenth birthday.”
I stared at the paperwork, the blood rushing in my ears.
“But if something tragic were to happen to Liam before he turned eighteen?” I asked, dreading the answer.
“The trust dissolves, and the entire seventy million dollars reverts back to Richard’s control,” the lawyer confirmed.
I felt violently ill.
My father had drugged my beautiful, innocent boy for seventy million dollars.
Chloe had pushed him into the pool, likely promised a massive cut of the money to fund her dream wedding and lifestyle.
They thought they could frame it as a tragic drowning accident caused by my negligence.
They hadn't counted on me fighting back.
I handed the documents straight over to the lead detective.
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“This bumps the charges up to conspiracy to commit murder for financial gain,” the detective said grimly.
“They are never seeing the outside of a prison cell again.”
