Paying three hundred thousand dollars of debt before being ordered out of the house
Arthur cleared his throat, his hands still buried in his trousers pockets. “Now, Clare, the boy was under a lot of pressure. We had to make sure the family assets were secure.”
“The family assets?” I asked. “I was your family, Arthur. Or at least, you let me believe I was while I was writing the checks.”
Evelyn’s voice was soft, masked in that overly polite tone she used when she wanted to cut someone down. “Clare, you have always been so focused on your career. We simply felt that a family home should remain in the family name. You must understand that Marcus needed to secure his future.”
“He secured it by planning a divorce,” I said.
Marcus blinked, his face turning pale. “Clare, that is not true. We were going to take a trip. I told you we would go away together once this was resolved.”
“You used ninety thousand dollars of the company’s missing funds to pay a personal retainer to a divorce attorney,” I said, sliding the bank records from the second commercial account across the table. “An account registered under your mother’s maiden name, Vance-Webb Enterprises.”
