Chapter 16 - The Real Ownership
The farmhouse stood on forty-seven acres.
For decades everyone believed it was a declining rural property.
It wasn’t.
A development consortium had recently offered $18 million for the land because a major logistics corridor was planned nearby.
William had rejected the offer.
He loved the property.
But Harold and Thomas had known the land’s value could eventually explode.
That explained the forged deeds.
The house was not merely sentimental.
It was worth a fortune.
Under the original inheritance documents:
Margaret owned 50%.
Harold owned 25%.
Their younger brother Thomas owned 25%.
Harold had forged Margaret’s transfer and later acquired Thomas’s share on paper.
When William purchased the farmhouse from Harold, the title defect remained hidden.
If Margaret—or her heirs—asserted ownership, William’s deed could be challenged.
But there was one problem.
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Nobody knew whether Margaret was alive.
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