“Our mother.”
Brielle described growing up inside the Holloway family.
Grant was praised for winning.
Brielle was praised for helping him.
Victor taught them that consequences were evidence of poor planning, not wrongdoing.
Mavis maintained the system after his death.
None of that excused Brielle.
It explained why deception felt like work.
My father testified about the aircraft sabotage.
He did not present himself as a flawless victim.
He admitted Bellamy Holdings once used private influence to avoid scrutiny.
He described his shame at remaining hidden while I entered the Holloway family.
Grant’s attorney asked:
“You knew your daughter’s mother-in-law participated in the conspiracy?”
“I suspected.”
“Yet you allowed Seraphina to remain married.”
“My daughter was an adult.”
“You could have warned her.”
“I did.”
I turned toward him.
That was not entirely true.
He warned me Grant was contemptuous.
He never told me Mavis might have known about the crash until investigators had sufficient evidence.
