Chapter 12: Elena’s Last Letter

Chapter 12: Elena’s Last Letter

The alleged second will stated that if Lily showed signs of mental instability, her shares would transfer to a charitable foundation.

The foundation was controlled by Daniel.

The document carried Elena’s signature.

Three handwriting experts declared it authentic.

For the first time, I wondered whether Elena had known something before she died.

Lily stared at the will.

“Did Mom think I would become sick?”

“No.”

“How do you know?”

“Because she trusted you.”

“But that’s her signature.”

We searched Elena’s old belongings.

Every journal.

Every box.

Every letter.

Then Lily remembered the silver bracelet.

The emergency locator had been Elena’s before it became Lily’s.

Inside the clasp was a tiny engraved number.

July fourteenth.

Our wedding anniversary.

I opened Elena’s old jewelry cabinet using the number.

A hidden drawer clicked open.

Inside was a sealed letter.

Robert,

If you are reading this, something has happened to me.

Daniel Price has been following me.

He believes Lily should not inherit the company because he says you stole the life that belonged to him.

I have changed the trust so Daniel can never control it.

The foundation document is a trap.

The signature is real, but the final page is false.

The authentic final page is enclosed here.

Elena had signed the first portion of the document to lure Daniel into revealing himself. Then she secretly replaced the transfer clause.

The authentic will stated that if Lily became unable to manage her shares, control would pass temporarily to a board chosen by Lily herself.

Daniel had forged the last page after Elena’s death.

The letter also contained the name of a mechanic.

Samuel Grant.

The man Elena believed Daniel had paid to damage her car.

Federal agents found Samuel living under another name.

He confessed.

Daniel had paid him to weaken the brake line.

He claimed he never expected Elena to die.

For nine years, I had believed her death was an accident.

Now I knew she had spent her final weeks trying to protect Lily.

When Lily read the letter, she pressed it against her chest.

“She knew.”

“She knew you were in danger.”

“And you didn’t.”

Her words were quiet, not cruel.

That made them hurt more.

“No,” I said. “I didn’t.”

She looked at me for a long time.

“Then don’t miss it next time.”

“I won’t.”

The authentic will destroyed Daniel’s financial plan.

Samuel’s confession tied him to Elena’s death.

And Elena’s final letter became the strongest piece of evidence in the case.

But Victoria still had one last weapon.

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