Chapter 6 - GRANDMA’S TEST
Grandma claimed she never ordered Harold to hit me.
Her instructions said the primary heir’s blood would open the archive only during a verified family threat.
Harold chose the bat.
Claire encouraged the confrontation.
Daniel allowed it.
The system rewarded violence by making it useful.
Grandma defended the design as emergency security.
I called it coercion.
She offered to meet under Navy authority.
Before arrangements completed, the live feed cut.
Coordinates showed her command unit moving toward the coast.
Then the casualty records revealed why the house mattered.
During Vietnam, Grandma commanded a covert evacuation route that moved intelligence families through civilian properties.
The Hart house became a permanent relay.
Later, private companies used the route to hide assets, witnesses, and children.
Harold and Claire planned to sell access, not merely real estate.
The buyer was Shaw Maritime, a corporation secretly owned by Evelyn.
The attorney had financial interest in the house.
Evelyn admitted creating the company to preserve the archive from foreign buyers.
Again, protection mixed with ownership.
Then Anna opened the real flash drive.
It showed naval officers visiting the house for decades.
One was my late commanding officer, Admiral Brooks.
He had promoted me to captain.
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He also signed the order declaring Anna dead at birth.
My Navy career had been guided by the same people who divided us.
