Samuel called the arrangement Protocol Black.
If I died under suspicious circumstances, the evidence would automatically be delivered to the appropriate authorities.
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My actual estate documents would also become effective.
David would receive nothing from the fortune he believed he was about to inherit.
The house would go to an animal rescue foundation.
My company shares would remain under the control of an independent trust.
My patents and investment holdings would be protected by structures David could neither access nor dissolve.
Most importantly, the joint accounts he believed he controlled would be frozen pending investigation.
He knew about an older will.
He had even seen a document that appeared to leave him the house, several vehicles, and a generous portion of my liquid assets.
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**That document was not my final will.**
It was an outdated draft that Samuel had deliberately retained as part of our investigation.
David had no idea that the real documents had been signed, witnessed, and secured months earlier.