The Inheritance of Paper
After her family dumps her belongings into a rainstorm, a forensic accountant discovers a hidden trust and the paper trail someone tried to bury.
Fictional story. Contains emotional abuse, family estrangement, property destruction, inheritance fraud allegations, and legal disputes.Chapter 1: The Mud and the Mailbox
The rain was hard enough to blur the old farmhouse before Adele Fairbanks understood that the dark shapes scattered across the driveway were her belongings.
A college book lay open in the mud. Her winter coat twisted across the grass. A shoebox of childhood letters had collapsed beneath the water.