Chapter 7 - SERENA’S FIRST STORY COLLAPSEDSerena claimed Dominic manipulated her.
Partly true.
She also made her own choices.
She had been jealous of Lily.
Not romantically.
Positionally.
Ethan reached for Lily first.
Calmed for Lily.
Called out when Lily entered.
Serena saw that bond as a threat.
Then Dominic told her Elena’s caregiver clause might give Lily influence.
He exaggerated.
Lily had no control over trust money.
No custody authority.
No votes.
Only reporting standing.
But Serena imagined something larger.
A poor nanny controlling her future household.
Humiliating.
That was how she saw it.
Status mattered to her.
Then Dominic said:
“Make Victor think Lily is the problem.”
So Serena began trying.
Complaints.
Missing jewelry suddenly found near Lily’s locker.
Anonymous note claiming Lily drank during work hours.
False.
Ethan’s diary records contradicted it.
Then Serena started creating distress around Ethan because distressed babies make caregivers look incompetent.
Lily kept documenting facts.
That saved her.
Again.
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Not power.
Records.
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