Chapter 8 - THE STORM WAS MEANT FOR HIM.
Investigators reconstructed the night Lucas returned.
Victoria expected him to drink from a decanter in his study before finding Emily.
The medication would cause confusion and a heart emergency.
Nathan’s custody order would place Emily with Victoria while Lucas underwent evaluation.
If he died, Victoria would control the child’s trust.
Maria moved the decanter.
Emily ran downstairs before Victoria could stop her.
Her plea destroyed the timing.
The estate manager confessed he prepared the drink after Nathan threatened his son’s probation case.
Fear had turned an employee into a tool.
Lucas refused to treat him as equally responsible.
The manager cooperated and faced charges.
Victoria designed the plan.
Nathan supplied protection.
Federal agents arrested Nathan.
Victoria tried to flee through an airfield, but Maria recognized the vehicle.
At the gate, Victoria told Emily that Lucas would blame her for destroying the family.
Emily answered, “You destroyed it when you needed me scared.”
Inside Victoria’s luggage, agents found Caroline’s original evidence.
One file named a partner above the Hale family.
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The initials were L.R.
Lucas Reed.
