Chapter 7 - TURNING ON EACH OTHER
Desperation makes people turn on their own blood.
With their assets frozen and public opinion calling for their heads, my parents realized they were facing actual prison time for embezzlement and fraud.
Their high-priced defense attorney dropped them when their checks bounced. They were forced to use a public defender.
Two weeks before the trial, Susan made a deal. She went to the District Attorney and threw my father entirely under the bus. She claimed David had forged her signature on the trust documents and that she had been a victim of his financial control.
When David found out his wife had flipped on him, he retaliated. He released emails proving Chloe knew exactly where her trust fund allowance was coming from. He proved that Chloe had actively encouraged them to deny my requests for additional surgeries so she could afford to study abroad in Paris.
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The perfect, flawless family had completely cannibalized itself to survive.
I watched it all unfold from the safety of Eleanor’s sprawling estate, where she had moved me to protect me from the press. For the first time in my life, I felt like I had a real mother.
