Chapter 19 - THE WIDOW THEY CALLED AN IMPOSTORCharles’s original trust gave Eleanor fifty-one percent voting control for life. The order used to seize those shares depended entirely on Dr. Whitaker’s fraudulent reports.
Judge Collins suspended it.
For the first time in twelve years, the executives who had spoken over Eleanor had to wait for her decision.
She removed Marcus, Victoria, and the four directors named in Charles’s letter. She also restored every employee dismissed for reporting abuse.
Former maids, cooks, drivers, and caregivers entered through the mansion’s front doors instead of the service entrance.
Then Victoria’s attorney produced a certificate claiming Charles’s marriage to Eleanor had never been legally registered. If true, Eleanor was not his lawful widow and the trust was invalid.
Marcus smiled.
“You were allowed to live like a Harrington. That never made you one.”
Clara studied the certificate.
“That isn’t what Charles signed.”
She turned toward Samuel.
“The original had two employee witnesses.”
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Samuel went pale.
“One is dead,” he said. “The other is standing here.”
