“Turn it off!”
Too late.
An attached audio file automatically opened next.
My own exhausted voice from the hospital echoed through the cathedral.
“And please inform the board that Adrian Carter’s newborn daughter is officially recognized as a legal heir under the original trust agreement.”
Adrian tried grabbing the phone, but his best man got to it first.
Documents flashed across the screen.
Wire transfers.
Forged signatures.
Private emails between Adrian and Vanessa mocking me.
“Emma’s broken. She’ll never fight back.”
“Once we’re married, she won’t be able to touch anything.”
“She can scream all she wants. Nobody’s going to believe her.”
The entire congregation saw every word.
Including the Carter Holdings board members seated near the altar.
Richard Carter, Adrian’s father, slowly stood.
