“Julian Vance and Chloe Vance, you’ll need to come with us while this matter is investigated.”

Julian immediately turned toward me.

“Elena, stop this!”

I stayed calm.

“You made your choices.”

Then Chloe suddenly shouted,

“The money is gone anyway!”

The financial specialist looked up from his laptop.

“No, it isn’t.”

The room went silent.

“The account receiving several of the transfers has already been restricted while the investigation continues.”

For the first time, Julian had nothing to say.

Part 3

After Julian and Chloe were taken away for questioning, I went upstairs.

Dad was sitting beside one of the social workers.

When he saw me, he looked frightened.

“Are they coming back?”

I sat beside him.

“Not right now.”

“Are you sure?”

“You’re safe, Dad.”

His shoulders finally relaxed.

Over the following weeks, investigators reconstructed everything.

Bank transfers.

Property documents.

Legal forms.

Emails.

Messages.

The supposed medical evaluation.

The new will.

The more they examined, the clearer the pattern became.

Julian and Chloe had spent months telling relatives and neighbors that Dad was becoming confused.

That story allowed them to justify controlling his finances.

But independent medical evaluations found no basis for removing his ability to make decisions for himself.

Several important documents were determined to be unreliable.