Chapter 2 - The Signature She Never Gave
At the station, Marcus claimed Claire had signed the custody agreement and later regretted it.
His attorney presented medical notes describing her as anxious, irrational and financially dependent.
Claire had never met the doctor named on the evaluation, yet the paperwork carried more authority than her words.
Lily said Marcus had ordered Claire to sign while recording only the moments when she cried.
The family lawyer dismissed the child’s account as coaching.
Claire’s public defender noticed the signature page had been scanned from an old school form authorizing Lily’s field trip.
Marcus blamed his mother, Evelyn Harwood, saying she controlled the family trust and threatened to remove him from the company.
Police recovered a second phone from his car.
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Its messages showed Evelyn had promised him two million dollars if Claire was declared unfit before Friday.
Friday was Lily’s ninth birthday—the day she would inherit her late father’s voting shares.
