They took a private car back to Eleanor's mansion.
The large stone house was very quiet at night.
Eleanor helped Clara into the warm guest bedroom upstairs.
The housekeeper brought up hot soup and fresh bread trays.
Leo ate his food hungrily at the small table.
Clara rested her head back against the soft pillows.
Eleanor pulled up an armchair right beside the bed.
She held the old pocket watch in her right hand.
Eleanor: Dad passed away two long years ago Clara.
Clara: I did not know he was gone.
Eleanor: He left a massive legal trust fund behind.
Clara: Did he leave everything to our stepmother?
Eleanor: That is what her lawyers claimed at court.
Eleanor opened the watch case once again very carefully.
She looked closely at the photograph of the baby.
She pulled out the tiny paper backing inside the lid.
A tiny folded piece of old paper fell out.
It was a hand-written note from their late father.
Eleanor unfolded the yellow paper with shaking fingers slowly.
The handwriting was unmistakably their father's classic style.
The note stated that Clara was the primary heir.
It explicitly gave half the family estate to Clara's child.
Their stepmother had hidden the official original copy away.
Eleanor: This note proves the court document was fake!
Clara: Dad wrote that before I left home?
Eleanor: He tried to fix his massive mistake later.
Clara: He put the note inside the watch case.
Eleanor stood up from her chair with fierce determination.
The truth was finally revealed after all these years.
Her stepmother had stolen Clara's rightful life inheritance.
She had left Clara to suffer in deep poverty.
Eleanor promised herself to fix this wrong tomorrow morning.