“You asked me to leave privately. We’ll discuss the consequences with everyone who needs to hear them.”

Linda began with the trust records — my forty-percent ownership, the missing distributions, the altered authorizations, the incorrect classification of my apartment money.

Daniel shook his head. “That’s not what happened.”

“What happened?” the outside attorney asked.

“Dad wanted the company protected.”

“Your father protected the company through a trust benefiting your mother.”