My attorney, Daniel Cross, began investigating the storage facility records. Celeste was my grandmother’s former financial assistant, a woman who had disappeared from the family shortly before Hazel’s death. She had once managed documents relating to the estate and knew where important records were stored. Investigators discovered that someone had recently attempted to retrieve an original trust document. My father insisted he hadn’t contacted Celeste, but his reaction suggested he knew considerably more than he admitted.

The following morning, Daniel received a message from an attorney representing Celeste. She wanted to meet and provide information about the missing inheritance. During the meeting, Celeste explained that Hazel had created a separate investment trust for me years earlier. Its value had grown substantially, but the records had been withheld from me. She also revealed that my parents had repeatedly requested access to the funds. Before leaving, she handed Daniel a sealed statement. Its final paragraph identified the person who had authorized the questionable transfers. It wasn’t Paige.