Chapter 9 - PROJECT LILY Vanessa revealed another folder.
PROJECT LILY.
Inside were school schedules.
Medical records.
Photographs.
Psychological assessments.
Claire felt physically sick.
“How long?”
“Three years.”
Lily was only eight.
They had been monitoring her since kindergarten.
Marcus found a handwritten note.
C.B. MUST NEVER LEARN WHO AUTHORIZED ORIGINAL TRUST.
Claire frowned.
“C.B.?”
“Claire Bennett,” Marcus said.
She opened the final document.
The trust wasn’t funded by Richard.
Or Margaret.
Or even Claire’s grandfather.
The original $10 million came from someone named:
Jonathan Vale.
Claire dropped the page.
Marcus noticed.
“You know him?”
“My mother told me Jonathan Vale died before I was born.”
Vanessa looked confused.
“Who was he?”
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Claire stared at Margaret Bennett’s name on another document.
“My mother’s first husband.”
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