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Book Two, Chapter 14: The Woman Who Signed

Author: Grandpa preslee
last update publish date: 2026-10-04 11:47:49

Marcus did not answer. He was still looking at the page.

“I did not authorize that Marcus.”

"I know."

"I have not opened that account in eleven years except to move my own money between it and the trust for the boys. I have never in my life authorized a transfer to a shell subsidiary from it. I have never authorized a transfer to anything from it that was not a check to a school or a doctor."

"I know, Evelyn."

"Then how."

He did not answer.

Noelle had already picked up the second sheet and was
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