I adjusted the gold wedding ring on my left hand.

“I let you choose the battlefield.”

Brenda took a sealed copy of the internal bank ledgers from the blue folder.

She placed them directly in front of Samantha.

“These are the private banking records for Kingsley Timber,” Brenda said.

“Your father discovered George owned the hotel building last spring.”

Samantha gasped as she read the highlighted dates on the ledger.

“He targeted Brandon specifically to gain leverage over the Abernathy portfolio,” Brenda went on.