I never saw the original.”

We arranged for Eleanor’s documents to be reviewed.

I had no idea what the records would ultimately prove.

But the family that claimed every dollar was theirs by birth had left an astonishing number of questions unanswered about how that fortune began.

PART 11

Meanwhile, Colton began telling a different story.

A local gossip site reported that the Sterling heir was “facing a difficult family disagreement following the birth of his son.” An anonymous source described me as emotionally overwhelmed and Frank as a bitter relative with a history of grudge-holding.

The article included a photograph of Colton smiling beside a nursery he had commissioned at the estate.