Travis had no automatic ownership interest.
When Victoria heard the ruling, she called Mason.
It was the first time they had spoken since she shut the door in his
face.
“You did this,” she said.
“No. Dad wrote the trust.”
“You’re going to take my home.”
“The court decided what Dad’s documents mean.”
“After everything I did for him?”
Mason almost laughed.
Instead, he remembered Naomi’s rule.
Evidence first.
“I’m not calling to fight with you.”
Victoria’s voice hardened.
“Your father filled your head with poison from the grave.”
“No,” Mason said. “He left records.”
“You think those boxes make you innocent?”
“No.”
That answer silenced her.
Mason continued.
“The evidence has to do that.”
For the first time in his life, he heard Victoria run out of words.
PART 6
The hearing on Mason’s conviction took place eight months after his
release.
He walked into the courthouse wearing a navy suit Naomi helped him buy.
