Chapter 3 - THE ARRANGED MARRIAGE
Margaret had introduced me to Clara at a charity dinner three years earlier.
I believed the meeting was chance.
It was not.
Carter Trust Services had selected Clara because her genetic profile matched a hereditary marker required by the family estate.
Our first dinner.
Our engagement.
Even the fertility specialist Clara visited after a miscarriage.
All connected to the trust.
The pregnancy had not occurred naturally as we believed.
Medical records showed an embryo transfer during a procedure Clara thought was for endometriosis.
Our child had been created from our own genetic material, but without informed consent.
The trust wanted an heir born inside the mansion under Margaret’s authority.
Why?
Because the Carter estate transferred control to the first grandchild born on family property while a current matriarch was present.
The silver basin, marble hall, and false paramedics were part of a ritualized legal trigger.
Clara’s labor beginning there was not coincidence.
Her meals had been altered with substances intended to induce contractions.
Margaret denied it.
Ethan’s video captured her adding drops to Clara’s tea.
The hospital tested the bottle.
Positive.
Then my father’s attorney arrived with the original trust deed.
The matriarch named in it was not Margaret.
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It was Clara.
Read Chapter 4 to discover why the trust recognized Clara instead of Margaret.
