The photograph of Marcus\u2019s checklist stayed on Detective Chen\u2019s screen until she turned the phone facedown.<\/p>\n
After trust transfer, eliminate Patrick.<\/p>\n
For two days I had struggled to understand whether Patrick had been Marcus\u2019s partner, victim, or both. The answer, apparently, was that Marcus considered him disposable.<\/p>\n
It changed nothing Patrick had done to me.<\/p>\n
But it changed the shape of the conspiracy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened at Patrick\u2019s mother\u2019s house?\u201d Dad asked.<\/p>\n
Chen checked the latest report. \u201cMarcus was found in the basement. He attempted to leave through a rear window when officers arrived.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cArmed?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnyone hurt?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
I realized I had been holding my breath.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Patrick\u2019s mother?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUnharmed. Officers are interviewing her.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at the photograph of my Honda.<\/p>\n
Of all the places Marcus could have hidden evidence, he had chosen the car Patrick stole from me.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid she know Marcus was there?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUnknown.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe knew the car wasn\u2019t hers?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s a different question.\u201d<\/p>\n
I almost laughed.<\/p>\n
Everything had become a different question.<\/p>\n
Dad pointed at the open trunk in the photograph. \u201cHow much cash?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cInitial estimate is several hundred thousand dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jason stared. \u201cSeveral hundred thousand?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPossibly more.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMarcus carried that around?\u201d<\/p>\n
Chen shook her head. \u201cWe don\u2019t know who put it there.\u201d<\/p>\n
That distinction mattered.<\/p>\n
The suitcase had not been visible when Patrick\u2019s mother received the Honda. Marcus could have added it later.<\/p>\n
Or Patrick could have.<\/p>\n
Or someone else.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about the forged trust documents?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCopies of several versions. Some contain Richard\u2019s forged signature.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dad\u2019s expression hardened.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood enough to use?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Because we knew.<\/p>\n
Because the real documents were being secured.<\/p>\n
Because Marcus\u2019s plan depended on nobody looking closely until it was too late.<\/p>\n
I understood something then.<\/p>\n
His schemes were elaborate, but they were not magical.<\/p>\n
They worked because people were ashamed, distracted, trusting, frightened, or silent.<\/p>\n
Once exposed to light, many of them looked almost clumsy.<\/p>\n
Detective Chen sat across from me.<\/p>\n
\u201cMarcus is requesting counsel. We probably won\u2019t get a substantive interview tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about the checklist?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEvidence.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCan Patrick see it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEventually.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI want him told.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dad looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause he spent years believing he could manage Marcus.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at the words again.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want him to understand where that ended.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chen nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll make sure his attorney receives notice through the proper process.\u201d<\/p>\n
My phone remained on the table.<\/p>\n
No new messages.<\/p>\n
For the first time since this began, Marcus could no longer reach me freely.<\/p>\n
That should have felt like victory.<\/p>\n
Instead, I felt tired.<\/p>\n
Not sleepy.<\/p>\n
Tired in a place sleep could not reach.<\/p>\n
Dad noticed.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou should rest.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo should you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI intend to.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jason snorted.<\/p>\n
Neither of us believed him.<\/p>\n
Before anyone moved, Chen\u2019s phone rang.<\/p>\n
She listened for less than a minute.<\/p>\n
Then said, \u201cRepeat that.\u201d<\/p>\n
My stomach tightened automatically.<\/p>\n
She wrote a number.<\/p>\n
Then another.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe cash has been counted.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEight hundred forty thousand dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dad frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s too much to be incidental.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chen nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd the serial numbers are interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cInteresting how?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSome bundles trace to cash withdrawals from companies involved in Marcus\u2019s investment network.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat sounds expected.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSome don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
She turned the notebook.<\/p>\n
\u201cApproximately two hundred thousand appears connected to a company that has never appeared in this investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dad read the name.<\/p>\n
\u201cCrestline Advisory Group.\u201d<\/p>\n
He frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cKnow it?\u201d Chen asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jason searched from his laptop.<\/p>\n
\u201cPrivate consulting company. Delaware registration.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOwner?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot obvious.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chen began tracing it through law-enforcement databases.<\/p>\n
I looked again at the suitcase.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat if Marcus wasn\u2019t financing everything himself?\u201d<\/p>\n
Dad said, \u201cLikely.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen arresting him doesn\u2019t end this.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
The brief safety I had felt disappeared.<\/p>\n
An hour later, Chen had a preliminary ownership chain.<\/p>\n
Crestline Advisory Group belonged to another holding company.<\/p>\n
That company was controlled through a trust.<\/p>\n
The trustee was a name Dad recognized.<\/p>\n
\u201cElliot Crane.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jason looked up.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n
Dad sat very still.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy chief financial officer.\u201d<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n
Of course.<\/p>\n
Another person inside.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow long has he worked for you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFourteen years.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes he know about Thursday?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Detective Chen\u2019s expression sharpened.<\/p>\n
\u201cRichard, earlier you said three executives knew about the restructuring.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is one.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCould he access internal valuation data?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cContract renewals?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSubsidiary debt?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Everything Marcus knew about Bennett Industrial no longer needed to come through Patrick or Thomas.<\/p>\n
He had a pipeline inside the company.<\/p>\n
Dad stood.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m calling Elliot.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d Chen said immediately.<\/p>\n
He stopped.<\/p>\n
She continued. \u201cMarcus is in custody. If Crane is involved and doesn\u2019t know we identified him, we preserve that advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dad hated it.<\/p>\n
I could tell.<\/p>\n
But unlike Patrick, Chen explained why she was restricting his action.<\/p>\n
That mattered.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do we do?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWatch him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dad\u2019s phone buzzed.<\/p>\n
We all looked at it.<\/p>\n
He checked the screen.<\/p>\n
His face changed.<\/p>\n
\u201cElliot.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chen held out her hand.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does it say?\u201d<\/p>\n
Dad read aloud.<\/p>\n
Heard there\u2019s trouble. We should move tomorrow\u2019s signing somewhere secure.<\/p>\n
Nobody spoke.<\/p>\n
Marcus had been arrested less than an hour earlier.<\/p>\n
The arrest had not been announced.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow does he know there\u2019s trouble?\u201d Jason asked.<\/p>\n
Dad typed nothing.<\/p>\n
Another message arrived.<\/p>\n
I can arrange a private location.<\/p>\n
Chen smiled without humor.<\/p>\n
\u201cHelpful.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dad looked sick.<\/p>\n
\u201cFourteen years.\u201d<\/p>\n
I understood.<\/p>\n
Six years of marriage had hollowed me out.<\/p>\n
Fourteen years of professional trust was its own grief.<\/p>\n
Chen asked, \u201cHas Crane ever suggested signing locations before?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen we let him continue.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dad replied with her guidance.<\/p>\n
What location?<\/p>\n
Elliot responded quickly.<\/p>\n
I have access to a conference suite outside town. No staff, no press, no distractions.<\/p>\n
I whispered, \u201cIsolated.\u201d<\/p>\n
The word had become poison.<\/p>\n
Chen asked Dad to respond.<\/p>\n
Send details.<\/p>\n
A location arrived.<\/p>\n
Jason searched it.<\/p>\n
\u201cOffice park near the airport.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dad frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know the building.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCameras?\u201d Chen asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cProbably.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOwnership?\u201d<\/p>\n
Jason searched.<\/p>\n
Then his face changed.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re going to love this.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe building is owned by a property company tied to Crestline.\u201d<\/p>\n
The same entity connected to the cash.<\/p>\n
Marcus had been arrested.<\/p>\n
Yet the next phase was still moving.<\/p>\n
That meant either Elliot had instructions to continue without him or Marcus had never been the only person directing the plan.<\/p>\n
I looked at Chen.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho was Victor Cole\u2019s attorney?\u201d<\/p>\n
She understood immediately.<\/p>\n
The law office that had contacted Dad\u2019s trustee.<\/p>\n
The office that once represented Marcus\u2019s father.<\/p>\n
She searched.<\/p>\n
The senior partner twenty years ago had died.<\/p>\n
Another attorney had handled Victor\u2019s matter.<\/p>\n
Samuel Crane.<\/p>\n
Dad went pale.<\/p>\n
\u201cCrane?\u201d<\/p>\n
Chen nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cElliot\u2019s father.\u201d<\/p>\n
The room fell silent.<\/p>\n
Two sons.<\/p>\n
Marcus Cole.<\/p>\n
Elliot Crane.<\/p>\n
Their fathers had been on the same side of Dad\u2019s original business dispute.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis wasn\u2019t one family\u2019s revenge,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
Dad looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chen pulled archived corporate records.<\/p>\n
Samuel Crane had represented Victor Cole during the dissolution of the original partnership.<\/p>\n
He had challenged the audit.<\/p>\n
He had accused Dad of coercion.<\/p>\n
And according to later disciplinary records, Samuel had eventually lost his law license after misusing client funds in an unrelated case.<\/p>\n
Jason leaned back.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo both fathers ruined themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd their sons blamed Dad,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
Dad\u2019s expression was bleak.<\/p>\n
\u201cApparently.\u201d<\/p>\n
But I was no longer satisfied with inherited revenge as an explanation.<\/p>\n
\u201cMarcus wanted money.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cElliot already had a senior position inside Bennett.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy risk everything?\u201d<\/p>\n
Dad looked toward the cash photograph.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause greed scales.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chen continued searching.<\/p>\n
She found financial connections between Crestline and several investors who stood to profit if Bennett subsidiaries became distressed.<\/p>\n
Elliot was not merely helping Marcus reclaim an imagined inheritance.<\/p>\n
He was positioned to profit enormously.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does he control inside Bennett?\u201d Chen asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cFinance.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCan he move money?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWith approvals.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBorrow?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWithin limits.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cChange reporting?\u201d<\/p>\n
Dad\u2019s face tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I understood.<\/p>\n
\u201cCould he make the company look weaker than it is?\u201d<\/p>\n
Dad stared at me.<\/p>\n
Then turned to his laptop.<\/p>\n
For the next forty minutes he and Jason reviewed financial statements.<\/p>\n
I watched Dad become less like my father and more like the businessman Patrick had spent years trying to impress.<\/p>\n
His exhaustion disappeared.<\/p>\n
Numbers replaced emotion.<\/p>\n
Then he stopped.<\/p>\n
\u201cHere.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jason leaned closer.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA short-term liability in one subsidiary.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s overstated.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBy how much?\u201d<\/p>\n
Dad calculated.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwenty-six million.\u201d<\/p>\n
Even I understood the significance.<\/p>\n
\u201cCould that be a mistake?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot this way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another statement.<\/p>\n
Another discrepancy.<\/p>\n
Then another.<\/p>\n
Elliot had been quietly weakening Bennett Industrial\u2019s financial appearance.<\/p>\n
Not enough to trigger immediate collapse.<\/p>\n
Enough to make certain subsidiaries look vulnerable.<\/p>\n
Enough to lower valuations.<\/p>\n
Enough for Marcus\u2019s investors to buy cheaply after a crisis.<\/p>\n
The plan had two tracks.<\/p>\n
Take control through forged trust documents if possible.<\/p>\n
If not, manufacture financial distress.<\/p>\n
Dad\u2019s death would accelerate both.<\/p>\n
Mine would provide money and access.<\/p>\n
Patrick was the bridge.<\/p>\n
Thomas was the legal opening.<\/p>\n
Elliot controlled the numbers.<\/p>\n
Marcus coordinated pressure.<\/p>\n
And somewhere in the middle, they had started treating human lives like columns on a spreadsheet.<\/p>\n
Chen\u2019s phone rang again.<\/p>\n
This time she walked away before answering.<\/p>\n
When she returned, her expression was unreadable.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat now?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cPatrick has been formally arrested on multiple financial charges.\u201d<\/p>\n
I felt nothing surprising.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd the brake line?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing referred for additional charges pending investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dad asked, \u201cDid he receive the information about Marcus\u2019s checklist?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did he say?\u201d<\/p>\n
Chen looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe asked to make a statement.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything.\u201d<\/p>\n
I almost laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s already confessed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cApparently not to everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat else is there?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe says he knows about Elliot Crane.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dad stood.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince when?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPatrick claims Elliot was the person who first introduced him to Marcus.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
That changed the timeline again.<\/p>\n
I had assumed Marcus found Patrick and pointed him toward me.<\/p>\n
But if Elliot connected them, then the man sitting inside Dad\u2019s company had helped recruit my future husband.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow long ago?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEight years.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before Patrick met me.<\/p>\n
Before the Camden gala.<\/p>\n
Dad\u2019s CFO had been involved from the beginning.<\/p>\n
Chen continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cPatrick also says the cash in your Honda wasn\u2019t Marcus\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhose?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe says it belonged to Elliot.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat for?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe claims it was payment for the final phase.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at the checklist.<\/p>\n
\u201cDad, me, Patrick.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho was supposed to receive the money?\u201d<\/p>\n
Chen hesitated.<\/p>\n
\u201cPatrick says he doesn\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
I almost smiled.<\/p>\n
That phrase again.<\/p>\n
But this time, Chen added something else.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe does know where the rest is.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dad frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe rest of what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe money.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPatrick estimates five million dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jason stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n
Chen looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cInside Bennett Industrial.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dad\u2019s face hardened.<\/p>\n
\u201cImpossible.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPatrick says Elliot created a hidden account disguised as a vendor reserve.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dad was already searching his laptop.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat vendor?\u201d<\/p>\n
Chen read the name Patrick had provided.<\/p>\n
North Ridge Systems.<\/p>\n
Dad stopped typing.<\/p>\n
I recognized the expression.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat vendor exists.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jason leaned over.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo we use them?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSecurity infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n
A chill moved through me.<\/p>\n
Security.<\/p>\n
Cameras.<\/p>\n
Access badges.<\/p>\n
Building controls.<\/p>\n
Schedules.<\/p>\n
Elliot did not merely have financial access.<\/p>\n
Through the vendor reserve, Marcus\u2019s network may have gained access to Dad\u2019s physical security.<\/p>\n
Detective Chen immediately contacted Bennett Industrial\u2019s security director.<\/p>\n
Within minutes, they discovered North Ridge had performed software updates on several company buildings.<\/p>\n
Including Dad\u2019s headquarters.<\/p>\n
Including Riverside.<\/p>\n
Including the archive.<\/p>\n
Dad whispered, \u201cThey could see everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chen nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cPossibly.\u201d<\/p>\n
My phone buzzed on the table.<\/p>\n
Not Marcus.<\/p>\n
Not Patrick.<\/p>\n
Dad\u2019s corporate security system had sent him an automated alert.<\/p>\n
ACCESS EVENT: EXECUTIVE FLOOR.<\/p>\n
Dad frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe building is supposed to be locked down.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jason looked at the time.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho\u2019s there?\u201d<\/p>\n
Dad opened the security app.<\/p>\n
One badge had entered the executive floor three minutes earlier.<\/p>\n
ELLIOT CRANE.<\/p>\n
Detective Chen was already calling officers.<\/p>\n
Dad opened the camera feed.<\/p>\n
Static.<\/p>\n
Every executive-floor camera was offline.<\/p>\n
North Ridge Systems.<\/p>\n
Elliot knew we had found something.<\/p>\n
Maybe Marcus\u2019s arrest had warned him.<\/p>\n
Maybe he had realized Dad would not attend the private signing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s on that floor?\u201d Chen asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy office. Legal records. Finance servers.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd original trust documents?\u201d<\/p>\n
Dad went still.<\/p>\n
\u201cCopies.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat else?\u201d<\/p>\n
He looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe original Victor Cole audit.\u201d<\/p>\n
My stomach dropped.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought it was at Riverside.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe archive copy is. I had another moved to headquarters years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
Elliot was cleaning up.<\/p>\n
Chen ordered police to Bennett Industrial.<\/p>\n
Dad watched access logs.<\/p>\n
Elliot\u2019s badge entered the records room.<\/p>\n
Then finance.<\/p>\n
Then the server suite.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s destroying evidence,\u201d Jason said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOr taking it,\u201d Dad answered.<\/p>\n
Another badge appeared.<\/p>\n
Unknown credential.<\/p>\n
Then another.<\/p>\n
Three people were inside.<\/p>\n
Elliot had help.<\/p>\n
Police were seven minutes away.<\/p>\n
The server system began issuing deletion warnings.<\/p>\n
Dad\u2019s face went white.<\/p>\n
\u201cFinancial archives.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCan you stop it remotely?\u201d Chen asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cTrying.\u201d<\/p>\n
He typed.<\/p>\n
ACCESS DENIED.<\/p>\n
Administrator privileges changed.<\/p>\n
Elliot had locked the owner of the company out of his own system.<\/p>\n
Then a message appeared on Dad\u2019s laptop.<\/p>\n
Not email.<\/p>\n
Internal system notification.<\/p>\n
A single sentence.<\/p>\n
SIGN TOMORROW OR EVERYTHING BURNS.<\/p>\n
Dad stared at it.<\/p>\n
My phone buzzed immediately afterward.<\/p>\n
Unknown number.<\/p>\n
I felt sick.<\/p>\n
Chen checked it.<\/p>\n
A photograph appeared.<\/p>\n
Not Dad.<\/p>\n
Not me.<\/p>\n
Patrick.<\/p>\n
He was handcuffed to a hospital bed.<\/p>\n
The image had been taken from inside his room less than five minutes earlier.<\/p>\n
Beneath it:<\/p>\n
Marcus was never the one you should have feared.<\/p>\n
Then another message.<\/p>\n
Elliot finishes what our fathers started.<\/p>\n
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