Chapter 4 - The Other Woman’s Revelation
Ashley Reed reached out through her lawyer two days later. She wasn't the confident woman I had seen in the hotel anymore. She was terrified.
We met in a small, windowless room. She looked tired, her hands clutching a designer handbag that I knew had been paid for with stolen company funds.
"He told me you were leaving him," she started, her eyes welling with tears. "He said you had already signed the papers, that you didn't care about the company anymore. He promised me he would provide for us."
"And you believed him?" I asked.
"He’s a CEO, Claire. He makes things happen."
I leaned forward. "He makes things disappear, Ashley. Look at his track record."
She handed me a stack of printed messages. One of them was from three months ago. “Once Claire signs the revised trust, she and the boy will have no leverage,” he had written.
My breath caught. I had never seen a revised trust. I had never been asked to sign one.
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"He forged your signature," Ashley whispered. "He told me he had a lawyer who could make it look perfect. He was going to cut you and Noah out entirely before he filed for divorce."
The room spun. It wasn't just greed or lust. It was a cold-blooded attempt to render me and my son homeless while he escaped with everything.
