Chapter 4 - THE TRAPEthan didn't fight the custody order.
Instead, he changed tactics.
He called Clara at midnight.
“I want to talk.”
“No.”
“I found something your father hid.”
Clara sat upright.
“What?”
“A second trust.”
Silence.
Ethan continued.
“Thirty million dollars.”
Clara's eyes narrowed.
“Where?”
“Meet me alone.”
She hung up.
Marcus answered immediately.
“I heard.”
“You were listening?”
“Of course.”
Clara stood.
“I'm going.”
“No.”
“Yes.”
“Clara—”
“I want him to think I'm stupid.”
Marcus paused.
“What are you planning?”
Clara smiled.
“Let him talk.”
The meeting took place in an empty warehouse.
Ethan waited beside a black SUV.
“You came.”
“Where's the trust?”
Ethan handed her a folder.
She opened it.
Fake documents.
Clara laughed.
“You're terrible at this.”
Ethan's face tightened.
“What?”
“My father never used this bank.”
“You don't know that.”
“I do.”
She stepped closer.
“Because I checked.”
Ethan suddenly grabbed her arm.
“You're going to sign it.”
Clara twisted free.
“No.”
He grabbed her again.
A car horn sounded.
Headlights flooded the warehouse.
Marcus stepped out.
Behind him were two investigators.
Ethan froze.
Clara smiled.
“I told you.”
She raised her phone.
“The entire conversation was recorded.”
Ethan stared at her.
“You set me up.”
“No.”
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Clara walked past him.
“You set yourself up.”
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