Chapter 14 - Graham’s trust
Money always enters family stories because people expect it.
Mine had money too.
Just not the way strangers imagined.
My father founded Whitaker Engineering.
When he died, I inherited shares.
My personal estate was substantial.
Approximately $4.3 million across business equity, investments, insurance, and property.
Not billionaire wealth.
Enough that marriage mattered financially.
Vanessa knew.
We had discussed a prenuptial agreement.
She did not object publicly.
Privately, she hated one clause.
If I died before Lily turned twenty-five, most assets designated for Lily would be managed by an independent corporate trustee.
Not Vanessa.
Even if we married.
She said:
“So I could be raising your daughter and strangers control the money?”
I answered:
“They manage the trust. Parenting isn’t purchased by controlling it.”
That argument happened twice.
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Still not motive for murder.
But relevant context.
