Elena froze.
“My father?”
Margaret nodded.
“He was embarrassed. He didn’t want his children fighting over him.”
Elena looked confused.
“Then why did you allow changes to his accounts?”
“I didn’t.”
The answer came immediately.
“I retired two years ago. I transferred everything to the new management arrangement your brother requested.”
“Did you approve it?”
“No.”
“Then who did?”
Margaret opened her bag and removed a folder.
“I kept copies because something didn’t feel right.”
Inside were letters.
Emails.
Notes.
Elena read carefully.
The documents showed that Thomas had questioned several financial decisions. He had asked for explanations. He had requested meetings.
But every request had somehow been delayed.
Someone had been controlling the information reaching him.
“Why didn’t you report it?”
Margaret looked ashamed.
“I made a mistake.”
Elena waited.
“I assumed your father was choosing to let Julian manage things. I thought it was a family arrangement.”
