Chapter 20 - SARAH’S THIRTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY
Why had violence escalated before the blizzard?
Sarah had turned thirty-five.
Her trust authority increased.
Marcus needed her signature on three documents.
One approved conversion of prior “loans” to his companies into long-term investments.
One appointed Warren as permanent trust adviser.
One approved a $2.2 million distribution for a property acquisition Marcus controlled.
Sarah refused.
For the first time, she understood enough to know the signatures mattered.
She contacted Miriam Cho directly.
Bellmere froze extraordinary distributions.
Marcus panicked.
The household violence worsened.
Sarah planned escape.
He discovered the bags.
Then the bottle.
The storm was coincidence.
A lethal one.
No mastermind planned for Lily to walk through snow.
No one expected the children at my door.
Marcus expected fear to keep Sarah inside as it had before.
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Instead, she looked at her daughter and used the one route she had prepared.
Find Nathan.
