With Victoria held inside the police cruiser, Carter and Lily searched the main office.
The heavy mahogany desk was covered in loose papers and unpaid bills.
Lily pointed to a small steel safe hidden under the bookshelf.
Lily: She spent hours in front of this safe yesterday evening.
Carter knelt down and inspected the keyhole on the heavy metal door.
He remembered the old brass key his grandfather always carried on his watch chain.
He pulled the small key from his pocket and inserted it into the lock.
The safe door clicked open, revealing several bound leather folders.
Carter pulled out the top folder labeled with his grandfather's official stamp.
Carter: This is the authentic original last will and testament.
He opened the first page and read the primary inheritance clauses aloud.
Carter: Everything was left in a full trust managed by Chloe and myself.
Lily: So Victoria had no legal standing at all?
Carter: She knew the real will would take effect once my grandmother turned eighty.
Lily: That is why she tried to rush everything before her birthday next week!
Carter found a second file containing transfer receipts from foreign bank accounts.
Victoria had already moved half a million dollars out of the main business account.
Carter: She was planning to leave the country by tomorrow night.
Lily took a deep breath, looking around the quiet room with relief.
Lily: I was so scared nobody would believe me, Carter.
Carter: You saved my grandmother's life today, Lily.
Lily: She fought so hard to keep that paper hidden in her coat.
Carter put the original documents carefully inside his briefcase and locked it tight.
Carter: Now we are going to the hospital to see my grandmother.