Mrs.
Bennett did not understand the document as you presented it.”
His face changed.
“I misspoke.”
“You also filed a copy, not the original.
The witness address belongs to a building demolished six years before the document was supposedly signed.”
Richard’s screen went dark.
“He left,” Michael said.
“No,” Arthur replied.
“He is calling someone.”
My phone rang seconds later.
Richard’s name appeared.
“Put it on speaker,” Mira said.
I answered.
“What do you want?”
“I want you to stop this before the family is humiliated.”
“You brought my private life before a judge.”
“Withdraw your challenge and come home.
I’ll release enough money for you to buy a smaller place.”
“Release my money?”
“Someone has to manage it.”
“And if I refuse?”
“You won’t see my children again.”
Laura’s chair scraped across her floor.
“Richard, don’t use the children.”
“Stay out of it.”
“No,” she said.
“You told us
