Chapter 2: What She Signed Without Reading
Andre knelt beside his mother on the floor, his hands shaking as he helped her sit up.
The guests stood frozen around them, no one daring to speak.
"Mom, are you hurt?" he whispered.
Loretta gripped his arm.
"Andre…
the ring.
She took it off my finger while she was helping me up.
I felt it."
He looked at Simone.
She was already smiling, touching her own hand where the heirloom ring now sat.
"It slipped onto my finger by accident," Simone said lightly.
"Relax.
It's just a ring."
"It belonged to my grandmother," Loretta said, her voice steady but quiet.
"And that's not all you took."
The room went still.
Loretta reached into the small bag beside her and pulled out a folded paper.
Her hand trembled as she held it toward Andre.
"She came to my house three weeks ago," Loretta said.
"She said you needed me to sign something for the mortgage.
I trusted her.
I signed without reading it properly."
Andre unfolded the paper.
His face went pale.
"Mom…
this isn't a mortgage form."
Simone's smile didn't move.
But her eyes did.
"Andre, don't listen to her.
She's confused.
You know how she gets—"
"She transferred power of attorney over your accounts," Andre said, his voice barely above a whisper.
"Simone…
what did you do?"
Simone said nothing.
And that silence was the most terrifying answer of all.
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What Simone had already set in motion was worse than Andre realized.
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