Chapter 17 - BELLAMY’S FILES
Martin Bellamy cooperated after prosecutors showed him the basement archive.
He claimed Charles pressured him.
Maybe he did.
Bellamy still drafted the documents.
He admitted preparing the false condo deed.
He admitted using a scanned version of my signature.
He admitted notarization would have been completed through a cooperating office employee if the voluntary dinner failed.
He admitted the incapacity packet existed to create leverage.
Then he revealed something Eleanor had hidden.
The $2,800 monthly support agreement had another function.
After six months of payments, family lawyers planned to argue Eleanor had become financially reliant on regular support from Adrian and me.
If I sought to cut her off during divorce or property litigation, they could use the payment history as part of a broader dependency narrative.
Not necessarily enough to win.
Enough to complicate.
Everything was about creating facts.
Occupancy.
Payments.
Witnesses.
Paper.
Then arguing those facts proved entitlement.
Naomi looked at the scheme.
“They wanted reality to become whatever they could document first.”
Exactly.
The dinner was supposed to be one more document.
Claire agreed.
Claire moved.
Claire paid.
Claire became emotional.
Claire needed supervision.
Instead.
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Claire called 911.
That became the first document they did not control.
