My Husband Said Floor 4 Didn't Exist While Draining My $145,000 Savings—Until His Ex Revealed The 1912 Pact Sealed Above Our Bedroom
👉 Previous action: Julian froze your business accounts, claiming you were unstable.
Julian’s freezing of my accounts had been a gut punch, but it galvanized me. I called Nadia Garber, my foster sister and a sharp paralegal, whose loyalty was fierce. She was furious.
“He can’t just do that,” Nadia seethed over the phone. “We’re going to the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds. Now.”
We drove downtown, the tension thick in the car. At the Registry, a cavernous room filled with hushed whispers and rustling papers, Nadia pulled up the public deeds for The St. Jude Mansions.
Her finger traced lines of dense legal text on the screen. “Here it is. Arthur Pendelton.”
Arthur Pendelton, a 71-year-old licensed appraiser, had signed off on three fraudulent structural certificates in 1998. These documents declared Floor 4 a non-habitable attic void, effectively making it disappear from official records.
Nadia pointed to the numbers. “Pendelton’s notarizations allowed Julian’s family trust to avoid $1,200,000 in property taxes over the years. All while maintaining an unregistered, private space. A massive fraud, Maya.”
The paper trail was cold but clear. Pendelton hadn’t just removed Floor 4 from the map; he had created a legal ghost, enabling Julian’s family to profit from a void while avoiding taxes. This was far beyond a simple curse.
“This is exactly what Clara told me to look for,” I murmured, remembering her text. The pieces were starting to fit, forming a mosaic of deception.
Nadia’s eyes narrowed. “Clara? Julian’s ex-wife? You spoke to her?”
“She sent me a text,” I admitted. “She said Julian did something similar to her. She wants me to check the 1998 records.”
“Then we need to talk to her,” Nadia decided, slamming shut the folder with the property deeds. “She might have more. This Pendelton guy… he’s a key player.”
➡️ Read CHAPTER 9 to continue the story.
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