Chapter 6 - Sabella’s theory of heirs
Sabella had become obsessed with the trust restructuring.
Not because it would make Adrian rich overnight.
The Sinclair trusts were wealthy, but distributions were controlled.
No teenager received unrestricted millions.
Education.
Medical expenses.
Housing allowances later.
Limited income distributions.
The important issue was governance.
The modernized trust proposed creating a family council with five descendant seats.
Sabella wanted Adrian positioned eventually as one of the primary next-generation representatives.
Oren, as my biological son from Catherine, stood ahead in the old family’s symbolic hierarchy.
I despised that sentence.
Children should not have hierarchy.
Family systems often create it anyway.
Sabella began talking about:
“presentation.”
“continuity.”
“who represents the Sinclair line.”
At first, I thought she meant future adulthood.
Then she started seating Adrian at formal tables while keeping Oren elsewhere.
I did not notice enough.
Why?
Because I spent half of those events in private business rooms.
Because Sabella managed domestic protocol.
Because Oren sometimes preferred smaller spaces.
A legitimate preference became cover for exclusion.
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That distinction mattered.
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