{"id":27745,"date":"2026-10-02T13:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T13:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=27745"},"modified":"2026-10-02T13:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T13:25:07","slug":"part-27-richards-hidden-bond-with-henry-grant-complicated-every-assumption-until-carter-discovered-why-his-father-suddenly-filed-for-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=27745","title":{"rendered":"PART 27 \u2013 Richard\u2019s Hidden Bond With Henry Grant Complicated Every Assumption, Until Carter Discovered Why His Father Suddenly Filed for Custody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The next morning, Richard filed an emergency petition involving Henry Grant.<\/p>\n<p>So much for change.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor called Dana furious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe promised.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he file?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTemporary guardianship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn what grounds?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEleanor&#39;s health,\u201d Dana said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat health?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor answered herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have breast cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTreatment?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStarting next week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrognosis?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes Richard know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you ask him for help?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI asked him to take Henry to school during chemotherapy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd he filed for guardianship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There it was.<\/p>\n<p>Richard again.<\/p>\n<p>Give him an opening and he converted help into control.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes Henry know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeep it that way for now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor sounded exhausted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI trusted him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I understood.<\/p>\n<p>That was the most dangerous thing about evidence that someone could change.<\/p>\n<p>It made trust possible again.<\/p>\n<p>Dana obtained the petition.<\/p>\n<p>Richard requested temporary authority only during treatment.<\/p>\n<p>No permanent custody.<\/p>\n<p>No change of residence without court approval.<\/p>\n<p>No trust modification.<\/p>\n<p>That was less aggressive than I expected.<\/p>\n<p>Still, he had filed without Eleanor&#39;s agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Consent.<\/p>\n<p>Always the same wound.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy didn&#39;t he simply ask?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carter said, \u201cBecause Dad doesn&#39;t ask.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There it was.<\/p>\n<p>The simplest diagnosis anyone had offered.<\/p>\n<p>Not mental illness.<\/p>\n<p>Not evil.<\/p>\n<p>A habit of entitlement so deep that requesting permission felt inefficient.<\/p>\n<p>Carter had spent his life learning the same habit.<\/p>\n<p>Now he seemed to hear it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used to do that too,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought asking meant risking no.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looked at the guardianship papers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd no felt like losing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does it feel like to you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo is information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A person telling you where their boundary is.<\/p>\n<p>Richard had treated boundaries as engineering constraints.<\/p>\n<p>Carter had treated them as obstacles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan Henry stay with someone else during Eleanor&#39;s treatment?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has a sister.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen Richard isn&#39;t necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes he know that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why file?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dana said, \u201cHis attorney claims Henry asked to stay with Richard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That changed things.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said he likes Richard&#39;s farm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat&#39;s not the same as requesting legal guardianship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Richard ask him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don&#39;t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Again, adults converting children&#39;s preferences into legal leverage.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted no part of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet the court decide based on Henry&#39;s welfare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dana nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat&#39;s the only standard that matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At noon, Carter arrived with another discovery.<\/p>\n<p>Richard had revised his will.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSix months ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the Henry trust amendment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat changed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richard&#39;s personal Sterling shares no longer passed primarily to Carter.<\/p>\n<p>They went into an independent charitable trust.<\/p>\n<p>Carter stared at the document.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe disinherited me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I watched him carefully.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow do you feel?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don&#39;t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRelieved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That surprised both of us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause now I can&#39;t keep wondering whether I&#39;m telling the truth to prove I&#39;m not protecting the inheritance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I understood.<\/p>\n<p>Richard had removed the reward.<\/p>\n<p>Carter could no longer lose something that had already been taken away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat about Jessica&#39;s baby?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEducation trust only.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHenry?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSame.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEthan?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMedical trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrace?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMedical and education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChloe and Emma?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEducation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLuke and Sadie?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFunds established anonymously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at Dana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe included all of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cControl provisions?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNone in the revised instruments we&#39;ve seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Again.<\/p>\n<p>Change.<\/p>\n<p>Too late for the past.<\/p>\n<p>Potentially meaningful for the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy didn&#39;t he tell anyone?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carter laughed bitterly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Dad would rather redesign his entire estate than say he was wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That sounded exactly right.<\/p>\n<p>At two, the board investigation released preliminary findings privately to counsel.<\/p>\n<p>Richard had violated corporate governance rules by using company resources to support private fertility research.<\/p>\n<p>Payments had been disguised as medical philanthropy, consulting, and genetic-risk initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>The board intended to seek permanent removal.<\/p>\n<p>Richard did not contest.<\/p>\n<p>That surprised everyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe&#39;s surrendering?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot exactly,\u201d Dana said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat the company should no longer be managed through family succession.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn writing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter spending decades doing the opposite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnknown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maybe Henry.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe exposure.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe exhaustion.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe the realization that every mechanism he built had become evidence against him.<\/p>\n<p>Motives could wait.<\/p>\n<p>Consequences mattered first.<\/p>\n<p>The board appointed independent interim leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew withdrew his request for personal control and supported professional trusteeship.<\/p>\n<p>Carter abstained from any claim.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time in generations, Sterling&#39;s corporate future was being separated from reproduction.<\/p>\n<p>That alone felt enormous.<\/p>\n<p>Then the guardianship hearing happened.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor attended remotely.<\/p>\n<p>Richard in person.<\/p>\n<p>Henry did not appear publicly; a child advocate interviewed him privately.<\/p>\n<p>The advocate&#39;s report was simple.<\/p>\n<p>Henry liked Richard.<\/p>\n<p>He also wanted to remain with Eleanor.<\/p>\n<p>During her treatment, he preferred staying with Eleanor&#39;s sister because she lived near his school.<\/p>\n<p>Richard withdrew his petition.<\/p>\n<p>Just like that.<\/p>\n<p>No fight.<\/p>\n<p>No appeal.<\/p>\n<p>No manipulation.<\/p>\n<p>He stood and told the judge he would follow Henry&#39;s preference.<\/p>\n<p>I watched through the remote feed.<\/p>\n<p>I had expected some trick.<\/p>\n<p>None came.<\/p>\n<p>Afterward, Richard asked to speak with me.<\/p>\n<p>Dana said no.<\/p>\n<p>I said yes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFive minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We met in a courthouse conference room.<\/p>\n<p>Door open.<\/p>\n<p>Dana nearby.<\/p>\n<p>Richard looked older again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou found Henry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou spoke to Eleanor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe shouldn&#39;t be dragged into this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen stop filing cases involving him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richard almost smiled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The word surprised me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you want?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo tell you something about Carter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He blinked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don&#39;t need you explaining your son.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen tell Dana.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt concerns your divorce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Everything concerned my divorce eventually.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richard sat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Carter told me he was leaving you, I told him not to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That surprised me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was making the decision for the wrong reason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJessica.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou introduced them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou encouraged proximity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou wanted the embryo used.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut not divorce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I wanted a grandson, not the destruction of his family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I laughed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou really don&#39;t hear yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He lowered his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. I suppose I didn&#39;t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you tell Carter to give me the girls?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richard looked up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My pulse shifted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said five minutes after the divorce that I should take them because he had a son coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas that your idea?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you know he planned to say it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWould you have stopped him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I did not know whether to believe him.<\/p>\n<p>Then Richard said something unexpected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told Carter that whatever happened between you, Chloe and Emma remained his responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My chest tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause they were his daughters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot biologically.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that mattered less then?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt should always have mattered less.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou built everything around biology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd now you say biology shouldn&#39;t define fatherhood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richard looked tired.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was inconsistent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. You were cruel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The admission landed strangely.<\/p>\n<p>No argument.<\/p>\n<p>No larger obligation.<\/p>\n<p>No necessity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat changed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looked toward the open door.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHenry asked why everyone in my family seemed afraid of me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That hurt more than accusation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told him they misunderstood me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said if everyone misunderstands you the same way, maybe you&#39;re explaining yourself wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I almost smiled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmart kid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richard&#39;s expression softened.<\/p>\n<p>Then disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI began reviewing what I had done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI realized every record described children as outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you expect that realization to matter now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That answer stopped me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why tell me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Carter is trying to become different from me, and I don&#39;t want you mistaking that effort for proof that he already has.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared.<\/p>\n<p>That was almost responsible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#39;m not reconciling with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn&#39;t ask you to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe hurt you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI taught him how.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe still chose it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richard looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There it was.<\/p>\n<p>No rescue for Carter.<\/p>\n<p>No shifting all blame onto Richard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told me to take my daughters because he thought a son mattered more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat sentence ended something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. You weren&#39;t there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richard looked away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Five minutes ended.<\/p>\n<p>As he stood, I asked one question.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy did you keep using my material after you knew I didn&#39;t want more children?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He stopped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought refusal came from fear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believed if the outcomes were good, you would eventually accept them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou thought you knew what I would want after you forced it on me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is the whole thing, Richard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He nodded slowly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then he left.<\/p>\n<p>At five, Carter came to Rachel&#39;s house to see Chloe and Emma.<\/p>\n<p>Supervised by agreement, not court order.<\/p>\n<p>The girls knew almost none of the reproductive details.<\/p>\n<p>Only that adults had lied about important family information and were fixing it.<\/p>\n<p>Chloe hugged him cautiously.<\/p>\n<p>Emma ran straight into his arms.<\/p>\n<p>I watched Carter close his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>He cried silently into her hair.<\/p>\n<p>No promises.<\/p>\n<p>No speeches.<\/p>\n<p>Good.<\/p>\n<p>Later, Chloe asked him, \u201cAre you still our dad?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carter looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>I said nothing.<\/p>\n<p>His answer mattered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you&#39;ll let me keep doing the job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chloe frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou already are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He swallowed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat about the baby boy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There it was.<\/p>\n<p>Children hear more than adults think.<\/p>\n<p>Carter went still.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe&#39;s going to be part of my life too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than us?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The answer came immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Chloe watched him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou said boys mattered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carter&#39;s face collapsed.<\/p>\n<p>I had not told her that.<\/p>\n<p>She must have heard the divorce argument.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe through a door.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe from memory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said something terrible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I was being selfish and stupid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not Richard.<\/p>\n<p>Not pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Not inheritance.<\/p>\n<p>He owned it.<\/p>\n<p>Chloe asked, \u201cDo you still think it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow do I know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carter looked at her for a long moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don&#39;t yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My chest tightened.<\/p>\n<p>That was the right answer.<\/p>\n<p>Not trust me.<\/p>\n<p>Not because I&#39;m your father.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#39;t yet.<\/p>\n<p>Trust would have to accumulate.<\/p>\n<p>At eight, after he left, Chloe came into my room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMom?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo I have a lot of brothers and sisters?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The question had finally arrived.<\/p>\n<p>I put the book down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>Enough truth for her age.<\/p>\n<p>Not every horror.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than we knew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre they our family?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I thought about Grace.<\/p>\n<p>Ethan.<\/p>\n<p>Sadie.<\/p>\n<p>Luke.<\/p>\n<p>Noah.<\/p>\n<p>Jessica&#39;s unborn boy.<\/p>\n<p>Henry.<\/p>\n<p>Biology twisting relationships into shapes ordinary family trees could not hold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome are biologically connected to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat wasn&#39;t my question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course it wasn&#39;t.<\/p>\n<p>Children often ask the cleaner question.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFamily is something people decide how to build.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She considered that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan we meet them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe some. When everyone involved is ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOkay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She climbed into bed beside me.<\/p>\n<p>Then my phone rang.<\/p>\n<p>Dana.<\/p>\n<p>I answered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe found the last active Oakfield inventory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My body tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat last inventory?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne embryo remains unaccounted for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhose?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYours and Adrian&#39;s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe frozen male embryo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought it was still at Oakfield.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was moved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo months ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My pulse jumped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy whom?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe authorization is under Carter&#39;s name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared toward the doorway where Carter had stood only an hour earlier promising our daughter he would earn her trust.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Carter move it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dana&#39;s voice was careful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe says no.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSignature?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElectronic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDestination?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA clinic in Arizona.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTransfer?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A pause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My stomach dropped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSix weeks ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecipient?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dana hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat&#39;s the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe clinic says the recipient used an identity we already know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarianne.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=27746\">Click here to continue reading: PART 28: The Arizona Transfer Used Marianne\u2019s Identity Without Her Knowledge, and Security Footage Finally Revealed Who Was Still Carrying Out Richard\u2019s Plan<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next morning, Richard filed an emergency petition involving Henry Grant. So much for change. 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