{"id":567,"date":"2026-09-21T14:14:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T14:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fantatv.com\/series\/the-house-was-never-his\/chapter-3-the-people-at-the-door\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T14:14:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T14:14:37","slug":"chapter-3-the-people-at-the-door","status":"publish","type":"sr_chapter","link":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/?sr_chapter=chapter-3-the-people-at-the-door","title":{"rendered":"CHAPTER 3. THE PEOPLE AT THE DOOR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael opened the front door.<\/p>\n<p>My attorney stood outside.<\/p>\n<p>Beside her were two corporate security officers and a representative from the family trust.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca walked into the dining room carrying a thick folder.<\/p>\n<p>Michael stared at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWould you like me to explain?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I nodded.<\/p>\n<p>She placed the folder on the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEffective immediately, Michael Carter\u2019s authority over all accounts associated with the trust has been suspended.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn stood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou cannot do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe trust can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tessa stared between us.<\/p>\n<p>Michael grabbed the papers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis house is marital property.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca shook her head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She opened the original trust agreement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis residence was transferred into an irrevocable family trust before the marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michael\u2019s face changed.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe property company is also held separately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then she placed another document on the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd this transfer request contains a signature the trust has identified as potentially falsified.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michael looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou sent them this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His voice rose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou were planning this behind my back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou gave me a reason to prepare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then Rebecca opened her laptop.<\/p>\n<p>A video appeared.<\/p>\n<p>The kitchen security footage.<\/p>\n<p>Michael stopped speaking.<\/p>\n<p>He knew exactly what it showed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael opened the front door. My attorney stood outside. Beside her were two corporate security officers and a representative from the family trust. Rebecca walked into the dining room carrying a thick folder. Michael stared at her. \u201cWhat is this?\u201d Rebecca looked at me. \u201cWould you like me to explain?\u201d I nodded. She placed the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-567","sr_chapter","type-sr_chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter\/567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/sr_chapter"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter\/567\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}