“What saddens me most,” I said finally, my voice breaking slightly, “is not the attempt on my life. It’s that they didn’t need to do it. If they were in trouble, they could have just come to me. I would have helped them. I always have.”
Nora reached across the desk and squeezed my hand. “Some people are blinded by greed, Helen. They can’t see anything beyond their own desires.”
I stood up, a decision crystallizing in my mind. “I need you to do a few things for me, Nora. First, I want you to draft a new will. A very specific one. Second, I need you to schedule a meeting with Rachel and Derek for tomorrow, here in your office. Tell them it’s about the foundation, that I’m reconsidering the amounts.”
Nora looked at me, raising an eyebrow. “What are you planning?”
“Something they’ll never forget,” I replied, feeling a cold determination settle deep in my bones. “A lesson about consequences.”