Chapter 3: The Hidden Truth Beneath the Mansion
Richard ordered every door locked.
"No one leaves."
Within an hour...
the family lawyer arrived carrying the estate archives.
Old birth certificates.
Police reports.
Private letters.
One sealed envelope had never been opened.
It bore Isabella's signature.
Inside was a handwritten confession.
She had discovered that Victoria planned to forge inheritance documents after marrying into the family.
When Isabella threatened to expose everything...
she disappeared.
The police had called it a voluntary disappearance.
But Isabella's letter told another story.
She had fled to protect her infant daughter.
Sophie.
Richard looked at Victoria with disbelief.
"You told me she abandoned this family."
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Victoria lowered her eyes.
She had lied for more than twenty years.