Her next words made Ethan step protectively in front of his sister.
“I hear my children are doing quite well. Good grades, scholarships, bright futures.” Her tone shifted to something harder. “I need you both to sign something.”
“Why are you here?” Sophie’s voice was steady, but I could see her hands trembling.
Alicia held out the envelope as if it was a gift.
Her next words
made Ethan step protectively
in front of his sister.
“My father passed away last month, and before he died, he did something cruel. He left his entire estate to my children as punishment for what I did 18 years ago.”
My blood turned to ice. “So you tracked down the children you abandoned because there’s money involved.”
“The inheritance is a complication we need to resolve. All they have to do is sign this document acknowledging me as their legal mother, and they can access their grandfather’s estate.”
