Victoria began crying.
Not for Emily.
For herself.
“You’re destroying this family!” she screamed.
Emily finally met her mother’s eyes.
“No. You were destroying me. Claire just made sure people could see it.”
Daniel reached toward me.
“Claire, listen. We can fix this. We’re getting married.”
I removed my engagement ring and placed it beside his untouched champagne.
“No, Daniel. You were going to marry someone you thought you could control.”
His expression twisted.
“I loved you.”
“You watched your sister being terrorized over money.”
“That wasn’t my decision!”
“You helped steal from her.”
He had nothing to say.
Richard and Daniel were taken away for questioning that night.
The investigation continued for months.
