Chapter 18 - The Civil Accounting
The settlement took eleven months.
Oakmere stayed intact.
Colin refinanced part of the property.
Mrs. Dalton surrendered investment accounts and her interest in Dalton Estate Services.
Insurance and recovered cash contributed.
Total civil recovery to Wells-controlled entities:
Approximately $4.4 million.
Separate worker compensation repayments had already been completed.
Miranda received no personal windfall.
Most money returned to family holding accounts from which it had been taken.
She created an independent reserve for long-term property oversight.
Nathan asked:
“Do you want to create something for Tess?”
“She already has a trust.”
“Then?”
Miranda thought.
“Nothing symbolic.”
Good.
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Tess did not need stolen money turned into a monument.
She needed adults who handled it correctly.
