without permission.
My grandmother, Margaret Bennett, had established Bennett National Trust decades before I was born.
She transformed a regional fiduciary business into an institution managing family trusts, charitable foundations, and private assets across several states.
She’d distrusted Cole since their first dinner.
Not because of his ambition.
She respected ambition.
She distrusted greed disguised as love.
Three months before my wedding, Grandma insisted my inheritance remain protected in a separate trust.
Cole called it insulting.
I called it unnecessary.
Grandma called it insurance.
“There is a difference between sharing
