Chapter 14 - What secrets she actually copied
I expected murder evidence.
Hidden bodies.
Dramatic confessions.
Reality was less cinematic and more dangerous legally.
She copied:
Old tax-settlement correspondence.
Three sealed civil agreements.
Internal records relating to labor disputes.
Private family medical information.
Historic security reports.
Photographs from crime scenes involving relatives.
Letters from Celeste.
One draft memoir my father wrote but never published.
Some documents involved conduct already public.
Others contained privileged or confidential material.
A few showed embarrassing but lawful behavior.
Some raised legitimate questions about old business practices.
My lawyers told me:
“If the underlying conduct is illegal, keeping the document private does not make the conduct disappear.”
Correct.
I could not call every copied record “stolen family secrets” and assume that ended analysis.
Independent counsel reviewed whether anything required:
Regulatory disclosure.
Tax correction.
Cooperation with existing investigations.
Some did.
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That became my problem.
Separate from Seraphina’s misconduct.
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