obligation.
“What obligation?”
“That is where this became complicated.”
PART 11
Rebecca claimed Mark had promised to support her seventeen years
earlier.
She produced a handwritten agreement.
Mark denied signing it.
Daniel had the document examined.
The preliminary opinion was that the signature had likely been copied
from another source.
Not proven in court.
Not yet.
But suspicious.
Then Rebecca demanded Mark create a large trust immediately.
For Noah.
That part did not bother Mark.
He wanted to provide for his son.
What bothered him was who Rebecca wanted controlling it.
Herself.
PART 12
“Did Mark leave Noah money?”
“Yes.”
My stomach tightened.
“How much?”
Daniel looked directly at me.
“Two million dollars.”
I stared at him.
Mark and I were comfortable.
But not casually-two-million-dollars comfortable.
“From where?”
“Life insurance and separate assets Mark owned before your marriage,
structured after legal and financial review.”
I felt dizzy again.
“He changed everything?”
“No.”
