Chapter 3: Grandmother's Letter

Chapter 3: Grandmother's Letter
The following morning, Attorney Leonard Whitmore requested an emergency meeting.
"There was something your grandmother instructed me not to reveal unless Bridget was harmed."
He opened a sealed envelope.
Inside rested a handwritten letter.
If you are reading this, then Tyler has probably proven me right.
The room froze.
Rose had spent years quietly documenting Tyler's thefts from the jewelry company.
Missing diamonds.
Altered invoices.
Forged signatures.
She never confronted him publicly.
Instead, she built a complete file.
Every document.
Every bank transfer.
Every witness statement.
Then came one final sentence.
I didn't leave Tyler money because I feared what money would allow him to become.
Harold buried his face in his hands.
Diane began crying.
Neither could deny it anymore.
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They had protected Tyler for decades.
Now everyone knew exactly what that protection had created.