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her less
than six months when they first discovered the cancer, and she held
on for almost nine. She begged me all the time to leave Jeremy, but
there was just no way that I could take her with me, so I stayed and
tried not to make him angry.”
“When she died, Jeremy wouldn’t even help me to pay for the
funeral. I didn’t have any of my own money at that point because I
hadn’t been working for more than six months, and he had control of
most of the accounts. Luckily, I had managed to keep one savings
account hidden from him. It was supposed to be my escape money,
but in the end, it barely covered the cost of burying her.”
“So he trapped you in your own home with no money and abused
you while he drank and gambled away your inheritance? I’m tempted
to march down to the station right now and explain to him the proper
treatment of a lady.” Gage’s face was covered in rage, and Sara’s
posture stiffened when she saw it. Tyler squeezed her hand
reassuringly. Gage might get mad, but he’d never do anything to hurt
her.
“No, you can’t do that,” Sara protested. “It’s better to let it go.”
“And watch you give up your family home and all of your
possessions to an abusive bully? I don’t think so. You’re not leaving.
He is. It’s your house, and he doesn’t belong there.”
“But he does. He and this crooked lawyer buddy that he plays
poker with forced my mother into changing everything legally before
she died. She even signed the deed for the house over to him. He
owns it now. Everything. He threatened to hurt me if she didn’t do
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what he wanted, and she was too sick to fight back. He used me
against her, always threatening to hit me, and she eventually gave in.
He has a legal right to everything that was hers now. It’s all his
property, except for my car. The car was the only thing in my name,
and I refused to transfer the title no matter what he did to me.”
“We’re going to straighten this out,” Tyler promised. “I know
some very good lawyers. He isn’t going to know what hit him.”
* * * *
Despite her protests, the men spent the next forty-five minutes
making phone calls. Tyler did indeed seem to know a lot of powerful
people. For two men that mostly kept to themselves, it seemed odd.
“How does Tyler know all these people?” Sara whispered to Gage
as Tyler got on the phone with yet another lawyer.
“His father is a retired senator. He knows a lot of people from
helping with the campaigns. The others he knows from Yale.”
“Yale? Like Yale, the Ivy League university, Yale?”
Gage chuckled. “Yep. That’s the one. Our boy is sharp as a tack.
It’s one of the things that I love about him.”
Sara rolled that one around in her head for a while. He was a
brilliant, wealthy, powerful, and unbelievably attractive man. She
understood his attraction to the masculine and talented Gage, but what on earth did he see in her?
“What’s the story?” Gage asked as Tyler rejoined them in the
living room.
“I’ve got it all taken care of,” Tyler announced. “Martel called
two state cops he knows well, with me on the phone. I told them your
story, and they are going to come out here to get an official statement later this afternoon. I also spoke with my family lawyer who said that he would be happy to help with the criminal case. He referred me to
an expert in inheritance law as well. They think that you have a strong case because all of the paperwork that your mother processed was
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signed under duress. It will be harder to win because she’s no longer living, but if we win the criminal case, he’s confident that he’ll be able to recover the house and whatever remains of your mother’s
savings.”
Tears filled Sara’s eyes. She was overwhelmed by the possibility
that she might not only be safe from Jeremy, but she might regain
ownership of the house that she had long ago thought lost
than six months when they first discovered the cancer, and she held
on for almost nine. She begged me all the time to leave Jeremy, but
there was just no way that I could take her with me, so I stayed and
tried not to make him angry.”
“When she died, Jeremy wouldn’t even help me to pay for the
funeral. I didn’t have any of my own money at that point because I
hadn’t been working for more than six months, and he had control of
most of the accounts. Luckily, I had managed to keep one savings
account hidden from him. It was supposed to be my escape money,
but in the end, it barely covered the cost of burying her.”
“So he trapped you in your own home with no money and abused
you while he drank and gambled away your inheritance? I’m tempted
to march down to the station right now and explain to him the proper
treatment of a lady.” Gage’s face was covered in rage, and Sara’s
posture stiffened when she saw it. Tyler squeezed her hand
reassuringly. Gage might get mad, but he’d never do anything to hurt
her.
“No, you can’t do that,” Sara protested. “It’s better to let it go.”
“And watch you give up your family home and all of your
possessions to an abusive bully? I don’t think so. You’re not leaving.
He is. It’s your house, and he doesn’t belong there.”
“But he does. He and this crooked lawyer buddy that he plays
poker with forced my mother into changing everything legally before
she died. She even signed the deed for the house over to him. He
owns it now. Everything. He threatened to hurt me if she didn’t do
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what he wanted, and she was too sick to fight back. He used me
against her, always threatening to hit me, and she eventually gave in.
He has a legal right to everything that was hers now. It’s all his
property, except for my car. The car was the only thing in my name,
and I refused to transfer the title no matter what he did to me.”
“We’re going to straighten this out,” Tyler promised. “I know
some very good lawyers. He isn’t going to know what hit him.”
* * * *
Despite her protests, the men spent the next forty-five minutes
making phone calls. Tyler did indeed seem to know a lot of powerful
people. For two men that mostly kept to themselves, it seemed odd.
“How does Tyler know all these people?” Sara whispered to Gage
as Tyler got on the phone with yet another lawyer.
“His father is a retired senator. He knows a lot of people from
helping with the campaigns. The others he knows from Yale.”
“Yale? Like Yale, the Ivy League university, Yale?”
Gage chuckled. “Yep. That’s the one. Our boy is sharp as a tack.
It’s one of the things that I love about him.”
Sara rolled that one around in her head for a while. He was a
brilliant, wealthy, powerful, and unbelievably attractive man. She
understood his attraction to the masculine and talented Gage, but what on earth did he see in her?
“What’s the story?” Gage asked as Tyler rejoined them in the
living room.
“I’ve got it all taken care of,” Tyler announced. “Martel called
two state cops he knows well, with me on the phone. I told them your
story, and they are going to come out here to get an official statement later this afternoon. I also spoke with my family lawyer who said that he would be happy to help with the criminal case. He referred me to
an expert in inheritance law as well. They think that you have a strong case because all of the paperwork that your mother processed was
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signed under duress. It will be harder to win because she’s no longer living, but if we win the criminal case, he’s confident that he’ll be able to recover the house and whatever remains of your mother’s
savings.”
Tears filled Sara’s eyes. She was overwhelmed by the possibility
that she might not only be safe from Jeremy, but she might regain
ownership of the house that she had long ago thought lost
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