I didn’t pour the tea.

Article Seven was a very specific legal provision written into the Carter family trust documents.

It permitted a one-time release of capital for a primary residence and nothing else.

Ethan didn’t know the formal name of that clause.

Ethan had never laid eyes on the full legal text of his own family’s trust.

The only copies that existed were in a locked filing cabinet at David’s law office and in a metal floor safe in my private study down the hall.

I kept that safe hidden beneath a woven rug.