Seven-year-old Sophie was walking past her fathers study when she noticed the door was slightly open.
Inside, Daniel Carter sat alone at his desk.
A thick contract lay in front of him.
Sophie stopped.
Daniel signed the last page with a black fountain pen.
Then his phone rang.
He stood and walked away from the desk.
Sophie stepped into the room.
She looked at the document.
Most of the words meant nothing to her.
But one name did.
CLAIRE CARTER.
Her mothers name.
Sophie frowned.
Claire had died two years earlier.
Why was her name on a document Daniel was signing today?
Then Sophie noticed something else.
The signature beside Claires name looked strange.
She had seen her mothers handwriting many times.
That was not it.
Footsteps approached.
Sophie quickly backed into the hallway.
A woman entered the study.
Victoria.
Daniels fiancée.
She looked at the signed papers.
Then smiled.
Sophie immediately knew something was wrong.
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