Sterling had the right to accelerate the transaction after a covered operational disruption.
They would buy the company at the previously negotiated valuation, immediately fund a new facility, and pursue damages against any liable third party whose actions threatened contracted events.
My parents had tried to destroy the asset they wanted me to liquidate.
Instead, they had activated the deal that made it more valuable.
But the cameras held an even worse surprise for them.
Madison had looked directly into one lens and said clearly,
“Once Claire gets the insurance money, Mom can force her to hand it over.”
Lena replayed the sentence for the detective.
He raised an eyebrow.
“That helps establish motive.”
That silence told me more than words.
I looked at the frozen image of my sister smiling in my ruined kitchen.
“Good,” I said. “Because I’m done protecting them.”
