The front door slammed downstairs, echoing through the entire quiet house once again.
David lifted his crying baby out of the crib and held him close against his shoulder.
Sarah took a deep breath and sat down on the edge of the light wooden armchair.
Sarah: David, she was looking for something specific in that folder downstairs.
David: What do you mean, Sarah? What were you doing down there?
Sarah: You asked me to find the house insurance paper yesterday morning.
David nodded slowly as he patted his small son's back to calm him down.
David: Yes, I remember asking you to look for the property deed.
Sarah: When I opened the lockbox, I found a bank trust document with your father's name.
David frowned in confusion as he looked at his wife's calm, serious face.
David: My father left all his bank accounts directly to my mother when he passed.
Sarah: That is what she told you, but the legal document says something very different.
David walked over to the changing table and placed the baby down gently.
David: Show me what you found downstairs right now, Sarah.
They walked together down the hallway and descended the stairs to the home office.
The drawer to the heavy wooden filing cabinet was still sitting wide open.
Sarah reached inside and pulled out a blue folder stamped with an official court seal.
Sarah: Your father set up a trust fund for you and your future children years ago.
David took the paper from Sarah's hand and began reading the neat typed lines.
David: This document says the entire estate belonged to me when I turned twenty-five.
Sarah: Eleanor has been hiding these trust papers from you all this time.
David's hands shook as he realized his mother had kept his father's inheritance secret.
David: She spent years telling me we were struggling with the mortgage payments.
Sarah: She did not want you to marry me because the trust required a clean transfer.
David: That is why she lost her temper when she saw you with the lockbox.
David looked out the window and saw Eleanor's car still parked on the quiet street.