At My Engagement Dinner, a Barefoot Little Girl Pointed at My Fiancée’s Ring—Then She Called My Wife, Dead for Five Years, Her Mother
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Chapter 22 - Richard’s Real Motive
For years everyone assumed Richard wanted Emma’s money.
That was only partly true.
His greater fear involved evidence Emma had gathered before the accident.
She had discovered Richard had diverted company funds to cover losses from a failed investment.
If revealed, he could have lost his position and faced major legal consequences.
Keeping Emma isolated protected both the trust money and his past.
The fortune was not the beginning.
It was the reward for maintaining the lie.
Emma had been hidden primarily because she knew too much.
Lily had been hidden because her existence threatened control of the trust.
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And I had been deceived because I was the one person both Emma and Lily could legally and emotionally turn to.
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