Chapter 7 - The Desperate Ploy
With his reputation destroyed and his son turning on him, Richard grew desperate. Vance, his sleazy lawyer, reached out to Sterling with a settlement offer. They would drop the challenge to the will and grant me a favorable divorce, provided I signed a non-disclosure agreement regarding Richard’s firm.
“It’s a trap,” Sterling said as we reviewed the paperwork. “Look at page four.”
Hidden deep in the legal jargon was a clause that would inadvertently grant Mark a 50% equity stake in any property acquired prior to the divorce finalization. If I signed it, I would be handing them half the villa.
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“They think I’m stupid,” I whispered, anger flushing my cheeks.
“No, they think you are tired,” Sterling corrected. “They want you to sign just to make the nightmare end. But we aren't going to sign. We are going to the deposition tomorrow, and we are going to end this permanently.”
