The three of them walked silently into the dim, carpeted home study room.
Her father's favorite leather armchair still sat near the dusty bookshelves.
Mark sat down behind the heavy wooden desk and opened up the dark briefcase.
Lisa sat nervously on the soft fabric sofa near the tall glass window.
Sarah remained standing right near the framed family photos hanging on the wall.
Sarah: Show me the official trust fund documents right now, Mark.
Mark: We should wait until the estate lawyer joins our phone call.
Lisa: Mark is right, Sarah, legal documents can be very confusing.
Sarah: I am his eldest daughter, so I have every right to read them.
Mark slowly reached inside the deep compartment of his open black briefcase.
He pulled out a thick folder filled with white paper document pages.
Sarah stepped closer to the desk to reach for the white papers.
Instead of handing them to Sarah, Mark quickly passed them directly to Lisa.
Lisa grabbed the pages fast and tucked them inside her own leather bag.
Sarah froze in complete disbelief at what she had just witnessed happen.
Sarah: What are you doing with my father's official legal paperwork?
Mark: Lisa needs to review her personal section of the trust first.
Sarah: You just handed her the entire original document packet, Mark!
Lisa: It is just temporary, Sarah, please do not get so upset.
Sarah felt a strong surge of anger rising fast inside her mind.
Her own husband was keeping vital family secrets away from her vision.
Sarah: Give me those papers right now, Lisa, or I call the police.
Lisa: You are overreacting over basic estate procedure, dear sister.
Mark: Sarah, calm down before you say something you will regret later.
Sarah looked from her husband's pale face straight to her sister's eyes.
She realized then that a secret agreement had been made without her knowledge.
The quiet room felt completely suffocating as the heavy tension grew stronger.
Sarah: Who signed as the main executor of my father's final will?
Mark: Your father chose the person he trusted most during his final days.
Sarah: He told me explicitly that I was the sole named executor.
Lisa looked down at her hands and avoided looking back at Sarah.
Sarah stepped toward the door and grabbed her mobile smartphone off the shelf.
Sarah: I am calling father's corporate attorney on his private line right now.