The private lender withdrew the $4.5 million credit offer.
Two investors pulled out.
The company’s largest customer terminated its contract after learning of the allegations.
Lauren resigned.
She later entered a cooperation agreement and turned over company records.
Daniel blamed everyone.
Lauren.
Me.
The Army.
My grandfather.
His lawyers.
“People are trying to destroy me,” he told mutual friends.
But nobody had forced him to open my mail.
Nobody had forced him to falsify my involvement.
Nobody had forced him to create fake emails.
Nobody had forced him to put my name in a federal procurement proposal.
Nobody had forced him to bring his girlfriend into my hospital room while our daughter slept six feet away.
That had all been Daniel.
Part Nine — Grandpa Arthur’s Real Secret
A month after Clara was born, Rachel invited me to her office.
“There is one final trust document.”
My stomach tightened.
After everything that had happened, I had developed an allergy to mysterious envelopes.
