Chapter 4 - 2: Fiduciary Responsibility & Sub-Account Management
Chapter 4 - 2: Fiduciary Responsibility & Sub-Account Management
. The Executor (Russell Gordon Vance) shall maintain equal funding for all designated beneficiary accounts (Lucy Vance, Miles Vance, Caleb Vance). Any reallocation, suppression, or liquidative transfer of funds from individual grandchild sub-accounts requires the explicit, written, notarized co-signature of Primary Trustee (Eleanor Vance).
My breath caught in my throat.
Russell had transferred Caleb’s money three months ago.
And he had done it without my signature.
He hadn't just made a cruel moral decision; he had committed a federal crime. And as I looked at the legal documents in front of me, I realized that Russell hadn't just acted out of spite—he was hiding something much bigger.
I pulled out my cell phone, my fingers flying across the screen, and dialed Meredith’s number.
She answered on the second ring. “Mom? Are you okay?”
“Meredith,” I said, my voice steadying. “Where are you?”
“We just pulled into our driveway. Caleb is in his room. Mom, I’m so sorry about today, but I couldn't stay there—”
“Listen to me very carefully, Meredith,” I interrupted. “You did the right thing. But I need you and Mark to come back tomorrow morning. And bring a lawyer.”
There was a long silence on the line. “Mom... what happened after we left?”
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I looked down at the forged signatures on the legal documents spread across my dining table.
“Your brother didn't just try to take Caleb out of a photograph,” I said. “He tried to erase him entirely. And we are going to burn his entire world down until Caleb gets back every single penny his grandfather left him.”
