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Evidence required

Author: TESSA MERCER
last update publish date: 2026-10-30 18:11:07

At his apartment, Ethan locked the door and placed his phone on the table. The room was quiet, but his thoughts refused to settle. He opened the account provider's security page again, checked the recovery details, and took screenshots for his records. The unfamiliar secondary address remained in place.

He could try to force a recovery, but without knowing who controlled that address, he risked alerting whoever had access. Instead, he followed the provider's compromised-account proce
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  • THE WORTHLESS SON-IN-LAW    Seven Years Before

    Ethan read the date again. Seven years.The figure sat on the screen, refusing to become less troubling no matter how many times he examined it. His grandfather had been alive then, still managing Apex and making decisions that affected companies across several industries. If the Calder property had been transferred seven years earlier, it could not have been an administrative arrangement made after Alexander's death.Someone had known exactly what was happening."Can we get the original instrument?" Ethan asked.Samuel studied the preliminary record. "Not immediately. What we have is a registration extract. It identifies the transaction and refers to the original instrument, but the full document is held in the property registry archives.""How long will it take to obtain?""I've already submitted a request. If the archive has the document in its original condition, we should receive a certified copy within a few working days.""A few days?""I

  • THE WORTHLESS SON-IN-LAW    The People Behind the Promise

    The following morning, Ethan arrived downstairs earlier than expected.He had spent part of the night reviewing the documents Ruth Bennett had left behind, but the more he examined them, the less he trusted the brief explanation contained in the eviction notice. The company claiming control of the property had provided a reference number for the transfer, yet there was no copy of the original agreement, no clear explanation of the consideration paid, and no evidence that the Calder Technical Centre had been formally notified before the decision was made.He closed the folder as Samuel entered the sitting room."You're ready?""I've been ready for an hour."Samuel glanced at the documents. "I hope you haven't spent the entire night trying to solve this.""Not the entire night.""That isn't reassuring."Ethan gave a faint smile and stood. "I'd rather see the place before deciding what to do. Ruth spoke about eighty-six students, but I want to understand

  • THE WORTHLESS SON-IN-LAW    The Name Behind the Door

    His grandfather had spent years protecting the Calder Technical Centre, yet the land was now being claimed by a company connected to the very empire Ethan had inherited. If Alexander had intended to transfer the property, why had the centre's director known nothing about it? And if he had not, who had decided that eighty-six students could be displaced with a week's notice?Samuel laid the notice on the table."We should avoid jumping to conclusions," he said. "The company may have acquired an interest in the land through a legitimate transaction. We need the underlying agreement, the title records, and the authority under which the notice was issued.""I agree. But if the transfer was legitimate, someone should be able to explain it. Ms. Bennett has been left with a deadline and no answers.""Then we'll start with the documents she provided. I'll have my office check the property records and identify the legal representative who signed the notice."Ethan nodded, then glanced towards

  • THE WORTHLESS SON-IN-LAW    Calder Technical Centre

    "She brought some papers, sir. She says they cannot wait until tomorrow."Whitmore's composure tightened. "Did you explain that Mr. Cole has only just arrived?""Yes, sir. She said that was precisely why she needed to speak to him."Ethan glanced at the letter in his hand."Bring her to the sitting room," he said. "I'll meet her there."Whitmore turned back towards him. "You have only just arrived, Mr. Cole. You needn't involve yourself before you've had a chance to rest.""She travelled here because she believes the matter is urgent. I can at least hear what she has to say."A few minutes later, Ethan entered the ground-floor sitting room with the envelope tucked inside his jacket. Samuel was still in the entrance hall, speaking quietly with another member of the household staff. When he noticed Ethan's expression, he excused himself and followed him.The woman waiting in the sitting room stood as they entered. She appeared to be in h

  • THE WORTHLESS SON-IN-LAW    The West Study

    The room was larger than he had expected, but it was not the sort of extravagant office he had imagined belonging to a man who controlled a trillion-dollar empire. There were no gold ornaments or oversized displays of wealth. Books filled the shelves from floor to ceiling, their spines worn from use. A leather armchair stood beside a reading lamp, and a broad desk occupied the space beneath the windows. Several framed photographs rested among the books, most of them showing places rather than people.The room smelled faintly of old paper and cedarwood.It felt less like an executive's office and more like a place where someone had spent years thinking without interruption."Your grandfather preferred to work here whenever he was at the estate," Whitmore explained. "He believed the headquarters was where decisions had to be implemented. This was where he decided whether they were worth making."Ethan moved towards the desk. A closed notebook lay beside a fountain pen,

  • THE WORTHLESS SON-IN-LAW    Arrival

    Outside, the afternoon traffic moved in a steady stream. Ethan folded the notice into his document case and checked his phone. There was a missed call from Samuel Brooks, followed by a short message asking him to call as soon as he was free.Ethan returned the call while walking towards the car Augustus had arranged to take him home.“Good,” Samuel answered. “I was beginning to wonder whether Sterling had swallowed you whole. Any solution yet?”“The immediate problem is resolved. Their board suspended the transfer, and the evidence identifies who used my account.”“Excellent. Then we can stop spending your time on another man's mess.”Ethan heard the change in Samuel's tone. It was not quite urgency, but it was more serious than a routine check-in.“What's happened?”“Nothing bad. But it's time you visited your grandfather's estate.”Ethan slowed beside the car. “Why now?”“Because you've spent weeks trying to understand what you inherited f

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