Chapter 12 - CLAIRE'S CHOICE
Claire eventually took control of the family trust.
Everyone expected her to build another empire.
She refused.
Instead, she created a foundation for women experiencing financial abuse.
Her first case reminded me of our own story.
A woman whose husband controlled her bank account.
A mother-in-law who took her money.
A family that told her she had nowhere to go.
Claire helped her.
Then another woman came.
Then another.
The foundation grew.
Claire became known across the state.
Not as the wealthy heiress.
Not as the woman who survived the Christmas attack.
But as someone who helped women leave situations she understood too well.
One evening, I asked her why she kept doing it.
She smiled.
“Because someone should have helped me.”
I kissed her forehead.
“You're changing lives.”
She looked at our son.
“No.”
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She smiled.
“We're changing lives.”
