“No.”
Nora's expression changed.
“What?”
“I didn't.”
“Someone did.”
She opened the filing.
Petitioner:
Ryan Bennett.
Attorney signature:
Not his current attorney.
A lawyer working for Ryan's company.
The attached affidavit claimed Megan's parents were medically unable to care for Oliver and that Ryan's condominium was ready for immediate placement.
Dawson whispered:
“Were you going to take him today?”
Megan looked horrified.
“No.”
Ryan did too.
“No.”
Nora studied them.
For the first time, I believed both.
Then she turned to me.
“Claire, remember when I said Lena anticipated someone might try to use Oliver?”
“Yes.”
“She didn't mean Ryan.”
My pulse changed.
Nora opened another page.
“There is a third person trying to get control of Oliver's trust.”
She looked at Megan.
“Your mother.”
Megan stopped breathing.
CHAPTER 5 — MEGAN’S MOTHER HAD BEEN PUSHING FOR CUSTODY OF OLIVER, BUT LENA’S WILL CONTAINED A SENTENCE NO ONE EXPECTED
Megan's mother, Judith Harper, was sixty-eight.
