Chapter 4 - THE TRUE MATRIARCH
Clara’s grandmother had been Evelyn Carter.
My grandfather’s first wife.
Their marriage and daughter had been erased from family records after a financial scandal.
Clara descended from the original Carter line.
Margaret had married into the family later.
The trust named the eldest surviving woman of Evelyn’s branch as matriarch.
Clara.
Margaret had spent years pretending the clause did not exist.
She arranged our marriage because a child from both branches would consolidate control.
But once Clara gave birth, Clara—not Margaret—would gain authority.
That was why Margaret tried to declare her incapacitated.
The forged petition would transfer matriarchal control to her.
The daily humiliation served two purposes:
Weaken Clara physically.
Create footage showing her distressed and unstable.
Ethan’s recordings exposed the full context.
Then Clara asked about Lily.
If Lily had been created from our genetic material, she might be Clara’s biological daughter too.
Independent testing confirmed it.
Lily was our child.
Born through a surrogate two years before Clara’s current pregnancy.
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Margaret had hidden her.
Read Chapter 5 to discover where Lily had been raised.
