Chapter 16 - THE FORTUNE CHARLES PLANNED TO BREAK.
Charles admitted he intended to divide Harrington Development into resident-owned companies.
He claimed the family fortune had been built by taking payroll contributions, service patents and land rights from generations of workers.
Ethan asked why Charles had not simply released the ledger.
“Because your lawyers would have buried it under twenty years of appeals.”
Leah refused to let efficiency become permission.
“You used a dangerous stunt because you wanted a dramatic villain. You nearly blamed Victoria for one crime she did not commit.”
Victoria seized on the statement.
“So I am innocent.”
“No,” Leah answered. “You tried to sell three hundred people’s homes. You are simply innocent of the brake.”
A Massachusetts judge froze the sale and appointed an independent housing receiver.
Residents gained temporary voting authority.
Then investigators opened Charles’s offshore accounts.
Millions had been transferred from the resident trust after his supposed death.
Charles said the money funded witnesses and evidence collection.
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One payment purchased a private island.
The listed owner was Marcus Morgan.
