Chapter 458 - 467: The Fight for the Inheritance
Everyone was waiting for Sarah Grandy to express her stance when the door was knocked on. Someone immediately went to open it, and Helen Wilson walked in.
"Charlotte, these are the things your parents left for you." Helen Wilson walked up to Sarah Grandy and handed her a document envelope.
Sarah didn’t move, so John Brown casually took the envelope and said to her, "Charlotte, take a look at these items. These are things your parents left to you."
Sarah’s body trembled before she quickly snatched the envelope. With trembling hands, she opened it and began examining everything inside item by item.
Tom Johnson and Christopher Johnson also leaned in to look, but their faces quickly became grim as they discovered it was a last will and testament along with some property certification documents.
Sarah’s parents had already transferred all their assets into Sarah’s name long ago, dashing any hope of the relatives claiming a share of the inheritance.
John Brown glanced at the dates on the documents, which were from just a few months ago, and deduced that Sarah’s mother had long made up her mind to die alongside her husband. To prevent her daughter from being bullied after her death, she had the assets transferred into Sarah’s name during those months.
Sarah’s father likely had no objections to transferring the assets to their daughter. He might have agreed at the time because his wife feared he would blow the money on other women or because, during that time, she was acting very agreeable toward him.
After Helen Wilson delivered the documents to Sarah, knowing John Brown was present and that nothing would go wrong, she left. Once Helen exited, the tension among Sarah’s relatives exploded. While Sarah’s family wasn’t extraordinarily wealthy, their assets amounted to three to four million dollars. Split into three portions, each side could theoretically receive one million dollars. Though that million was ostensibly for the elderly members of both families, everyone knew those funds would eventually trickle down to them.
Their original expectations had been completely shattered. Realizing that they were entirely excluded from the inheritance enraged both factions of the families, prompting loud complaints. One side criticized Sarah’s father while the other blamed her mother. Eventually, Sarah’s paternal relatives blamed her maternal relatives, threatening to sue her mother’s side. In retaliation, her maternal relatives dredged up accusations against Sarah’s father.
Amidst their heated arguments, Sarah remained stoic, repeatedly going over the items her parents had left her, especially her mother’s will. It detailed the reasons for her suicide, expressed regret toward Sarah, and included encouragements for her daughter to stay strong.