allowing him to exercise authority over part of my mother’s shares.
It did not.
The genuine documents had been moved to secure custody days earlier.
What Daniel carried through the airport were controlled copies.
Some contained subtle identifiers our attorneys could track.
I had not planted false legal instruments.
I did not need to.
I simply stopped leaving originals where a man forging my signature
could reach them.
PART 7
At 6:21, Daniel texted:
WE NEED TO TALK BEFORE YOU DESTROY BOTH OF US.
Then:
CHLOE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.
Then:
THE BRACELET WAS A GIFT.
That one made me sit up.
A gift?
My mother’s bracelet had been inside my safe less than four hours
earlier.
Daniel had just created a written explanation for possessing it.
I forwarded the message to Rebecca.
She replied:
Keep everything. Do not argue.
PART 8
At 7:10, I received a call from Martin Hale, Sterling Global’s board
