Chapter 14 - THERE WAS NO SECRET PRINCESS ENDINGPeople who heard what happened often expected another twist.
Ava secretly owns hundreds of millions.
Vanessa wanted an inheritance.
Edward tried to steal a dynasty.
No.
The truth was smaller.
And more believable.
Ava’s trust was valuable.
About $14 million.
Enough to tempt people already desperate.
But the greater motive was access.
Control.
Management fees.
Family restructuring.
And emotional displacement.
Vanessa wanted a marriage where Laura’s memory stopped occupying space.
Edward wanted assets under management.
Gregory wanted lucrative clients.
Each person had a different incentive.
Those incentives overlapped around the easiest person to pressure.
A child.
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That was what made the plan ugly.
Not the size of the trust.
