{"id":11098,"date":"2026-09-15T13:12:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T13:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=11098"},"modified":"2026-09-15T13:12:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T13:12:03","slug":"part-14-arthur-vosss-missing-confession-could-end-stephens-claim-forever-but-finding-it-forced-me-into-the-room-daniel-had-kept-locked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=11098","title":{"rendered":"PART 14 \u2013 Arthur Voss\u2019s Missing Confession Could End Stephen\u2019s Claim Forever, but Finding It Forced Me Into the Room Daniel Had Kept Locked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police reached my house before we did.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing had been broken.<\/p>\n<p>No doors forced.<\/p>\n<p>No windows opened.<\/p>\n<p>The photographs had apparently been taken from public areas across the street and from the sidewalk.<\/p>\n<p>Whoever took them wanted me frightened, not robbed.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus wanted me to stay at a hotel.<\/p>\n<p>I refused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re having surgery in nine hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd this is where my clothes are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can get clothes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy medication is here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can get that too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy toothbrush?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He stared.<\/p>\n<p>I almost smiled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody is chasing me out of my house tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two officers remained outside while we searched.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas came with us.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel stayed at her office coordinating the fraud notices.<\/p>\n<p>Elaine and Caroline went separately to a secure hotel.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus did not object when Elaine left.<\/p>\n<p>He did tell her to text when she arrived.<\/p>\n<p>She did.<\/p>\n<p>That small exchange told me more about their marriage than any argument had.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas stood in my living room looking uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat exactly is Arthur\u2019s confession?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA signed statement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout the Grant Street scheme?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you mention it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Daniel ordered me not to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I laughed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaniel is becoming extremely inconvenient for a dead man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas almost smiled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe often was while alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy hide it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArthur had two conditions for giving it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaniel would not release it publicly while Arthur lived.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat seems reasonable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd after Arthur died, it would remain sealed unless Stephen or Elaine attempted to claim restitution funds on the premise that Arthur had been wronged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stopped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo Stephen\u2019s claim triggers it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why didn\u2019t you release it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought Daniel destroyed the signed original.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause it disappeared from my files.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShortly before Daniel died.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou assumed he took it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told me he had reconsidered whether preserving it served any purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat it was evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat evidence can become a weapon when the people it hurts had nothing to do with the crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elaine and Stephen.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel had been protecting Arthur\u2019s children again.<\/p>\n<p>Even from their father\u2019s own words.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy red?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArthur signed the statement in a red legal binder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Daniel bring it here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marcus walked into the room carrying the envelope Daniel had left in my dresser.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bedroom hasn\u2019t been touched.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I took the envelope.<\/p>\n<p>The first letter.<\/p>\n<p>The brass bank key.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing else.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere would Dad hide something?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marcus asked.<\/p>\n<p>I looked around the house.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel had renovated almost every room himself.<\/p>\n<p>The basement workshop.<\/p>\n<p>The attic.<\/p>\n<p>The garage.<\/p>\n<p>His study.<\/p>\n<p>Then I remembered a door.<\/p>\n<p>After Daniel died, I rarely opened his workshop storage room.<\/p>\n<p>Not because it was locked.<\/p>\n<p>Because it still smelled like him.<\/p>\n<p>Wood shavings.<\/p>\n<p>Machine oil.<\/p>\n<p>Coffee.<\/p>\n<p>For years after his death, that smell could ruin an entire afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe basement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marcus followed me downstairs.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas came behind us.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop remained almost exactly as Daniel left it.<\/p>\n<p>Pegboard tools.<\/p>\n<p>A scarred wooden bench.<\/p>\n<p>Jars of screws labeled by size.<\/p>\n<p>An old radio.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus ran his fingers across the workbench.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe never let me use this without asking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe didn\u2019t let anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas looked around.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat are we searching for?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething red.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat narrows it considerably.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel had been organized.<\/p>\n<p>Too organized.<\/p>\n<p>If he hid the confession, it would not be sitting visibly on a shelf.<\/p>\n<p>I opened drawers.<\/p>\n<p>Receipts.<\/p>\n<p>Drill bits.<\/p>\n<p>Old pencils.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus checked cabinets.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas examined file boxes.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Then Marcus stopped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was looking at the wall behind the workbench.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDad changed this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChanged what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pegboard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I saw nothing unusual.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was sixteen, the edge ended before that outlet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can you remember that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spent six months staring at this wall while he made me sand cabinet doors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He removed several tools.<\/p>\n<p>Behind them, one section of pegboard had screws instead of nails.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus found a screwdriver.<\/p>\n<p>The panel came loose.<\/p>\n<p>Behind it was a shallow cavity.<\/p>\n<p>Inside sat a metal box.<\/p>\n<p>Not red.<\/p>\n<p>Gray.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus removed it.<\/p>\n<p>Locked.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas sighed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease tell me we don\u2019t need another mystery key.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at Daniel\u2019s workbench.<\/p>\n<p>He had always kept spare keys in a coffee tin.<\/p>\n<p>I opened it.<\/p>\n<p>There were seven.<\/p>\n<p>The third fit.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the metal box lay a red binder.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody spoke.<\/p>\n<p>I carried it upstairs.<\/p>\n<p>The officers remained outside.<\/p>\n<p>We sat at the kitchen table.<\/p>\n<p>I opened the binder.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur Voss\u2019s statement began with his full legal name and date of birth.<\/p>\n<p>He described the partnership.<\/p>\n<p>The side loans.<\/p>\n<p>The diverted funds.<\/p>\n<p>The forged borrower documents.<\/p>\n<p>The pressure he placed on desperate business owners.<\/p>\n<p>His language was plain.<\/p>\n<p>No excuses.<\/p>\n<p>Then I reached Daniel.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Hale did not participate in the creation of my unauthorized lending arrangements and did not receive diverted funds from them.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas exhaled.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus leaned closer.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur continued.<\/p>\n<p>After Daniel discovered the scheme, he agreed to delay reporting me while we attempted to unwind outstanding loans and protect borrowers whose own unauthorized pledges could expose their families.<\/p>\n<p>That matched Samuel Morrison\u2019s story.<\/p>\n<p>Then came the part Daniel had feared.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel\u2019s decision protected victims, but it also protected me and protected himself from the consequences of concealing my conduct. I do not state this to accuse him. I state it because the truth should not make one man innocent by making another man solely guilty.<\/p>\n<p>I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur understood nuance better in confession than Stephen had in resentment.<\/p>\n<p>The final pages addressed his children.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen and Elaine, if this is ever shown to you, Daniel Hale did not steal our family\u2019s future. I did.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus looked away.<\/p>\n<p>I continued.<\/p>\n<p>Do not demand from Daniel\u2019s family what I surrendered to repay people I harmed. If money remains after those obligations are satisfied, accept only what the partnership legitimately earned. Nothing more.<\/p>\n<p>I heard the clock ticking.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur\u2019s next sentence was underlined.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen, anger will make theft look like inheritance if you let it.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas whispered, \u201cThere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why Daniel kept it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not because it proved Daniel innocent.<\/p>\n<p>Because Arthur had written directly to Stephen.<\/p>\n<p>The final paragraph contained an instruction.<\/p>\n<p>I have placed separate funds under Daniel\u2019s supervision. Elaine shall ultimately control them because Stephen has already told me he intends to challenge Daniel after my death.<\/p>\n<p>Elaine had been chosen long before she met Marcus.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur knew his son.<\/p>\n<p>He had tried to create a safeguard.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel had tried to preserve it.<\/p>\n<p>And both fathers had done so secretly.<\/p>\n<p>Their children inherited the consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus took photographs of every page for Rachel.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas called her.<\/p>\n<p>When she saw the confession, she asked whether the original could be secured immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood. This materially changes Stephen\u2019s claim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis argument that Daniel wrongfully retained Voss family assets becomes much weaker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes it eliminate his legitimate beneficiary rights?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That mattered.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur\u2019s confession did not justify taking what genuinely belonged to his heirs.<\/p>\n<p>I would not use one truth to create another injustice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen we complete the accounting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rachel paused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re having surgery tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was after midnight.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus gave me a look.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter surgery,\u201d I amended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rachel asked about Stephen.<\/p>\n<p>Police had not located him.<\/p>\n<p>His phone remained off.<\/p>\n<p>His office counsel claimed not to know where he was.<\/p>\n<p>Then Thomas received an email.<\/p>\n<p>From Stephen.<\/p>\n<p>Subject: CONFESSION.<\/p>\n<p>The body contained one sentence.<\/p>\n<p>If you found the red file, read page eleven before you celebrate.<\/p>\n<p>We opened the binder again.<\/p>\n<p>Page eleven.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur\u2019s confession continued onto that page, but nothing seemed new.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus examined it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat are we missing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas held the paper toward the light.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s writing on the back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Faint pencil.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel\u2019s handwriting.<\/p>\n<p>I read it.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur signed this before he told me the worst part.<\/p>\n<p>My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n<p>Below that:<\/p>\n<p>Ask him about Northbridge.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s Northbridge?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas went pale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNorthbridge Capital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho are they?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were an early lender to Hale Urban Design.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marcus stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDad introduced me to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas looked sick.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s first year.<\/p>\n<p>When Marcus was near bankruptcy.<\/p>\n<p>When Daniel sold his Grant Street interest.<\/p>\n<p>When the hidden loans and equity arrangements began.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas opened his laptop and searched archived corporate records.<\/p>\n<p>Northbridge Capital had provided Hale Urban Design with a $600,000 revolving facility.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI paid it off years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho owned Northbridge?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome private investors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas searched deeper.<\/p>\n<p>The original entity had dissolved.<\/p>\n<p>Records were old.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel joined remotely.<\/p>\n<p>Within twenty minutes she found historical ownership.<\/p>\n<p>Northbridge Capital had three members.<\/p>\n<p>Two investment companies.<\/p>\n<p>And a family trust.<\/p>\n<p>Voss Family Trust.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus stopped breathing for a second.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur Voss had indirectly financed Hale Urban Design.<\/p>\n<p>Elaine\u2019s father.<\/p>\n<p>The man Stephen believed Daniel had destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much of the loan came from Arthur\u2019s trust?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel calculated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApproximately forty percent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two hundred forty thousand dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus stared at the screen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo Dad used Voss money to build my company?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas shook his head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNorthbridge was a lender. The money was repaid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rachel checked.<\/p>\n<p>The loan payoff had occurred twelve years earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Principal.<\/p>\n<p>Interest.<\/p>\n<p>Fully satisfied.<\/p>\n<p>Legally, perhaps nothing remained.<\/p>\n<p>Emotionally, everything changed.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen had known.<\/p>\n<p>That explained why he believed Hale Urban Design belonged partly to his family.<\/p>\n<p>Not because Arthur owned shares.<\/p>\n<p>Because Arthur\u2019s money had helped keep it alive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Daniel know?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas looked at the pencil note.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApparently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Marcus?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at my son.<\/p>\n<p>He sat very still.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy company was saved by money from the man Dad said stole from people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas corrected him gently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy a legitimate investment vehicle partly funded by Arthur.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat distinction won\u2019t matter to Stephen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It mattered to me.<\/p>\n<p>The truth was no longer a straight line with Daniel on one side and Arthur on the other.<\/p>\n<p>Their finances had become tangled even after the wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur\u2019s legitimate money had helped Marcus.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel\u2019s money had helped Arthur\u2019s victims.<\/p>\n<p>Their children had inherited both debts and resentments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was the worst part Arthur told Daniel?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody knew.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen did.<\/p>\n<p>That was why he sent the email.<\/p>\n<p>He wanted us looking.<\/p>\n<p>Or he wanted us frightened by what we might find.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel searched Northbridge records.<\/p>\n<p>One document appeared.<\/p>\n<p>A side letter.<\/p>\n<p>Signed by Daniel and Arthur.<\/p>\n<p>Dated months after Arthur\u2019s confession.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas read it aloud.<\/p>\n<p>In recognition of Northbridge financing benefiting Hale Urban Design, Daniel Hale agrees that any residual legitimate Voss partnership interest remaining after restitution may be credited against future Hale equity participation subject to mutual accounting.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus stood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFuture equity participation?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rachel looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt could mean Arthur\u2014or his trust\u2014was supposed to receive an interest in Hale Urban Design.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot specified here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stephen\u2019s claim suddenly had another foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur told him not to steal inheritance from restitution money.<\/p>\n<p>But Arthur may also have possessed a legitimate right connected to Marcus\u2019s company.<\/p>\n<p>A right Daniel never resolved.<\/p>\n<p>My son\u2019s thirty-two-percent ownership problem had just acquired another claimant.<\/p>\n<p>The Voss family.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus laughed bitterly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDad left you thirty-two percent of a company he may have promised part of to Arthur.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas rubbed his forehead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need the mutual accounting referenced in the letter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No one knew.<\/p>\n<p>Then I remembered something from Daniel\u2019s first letter.<\/p>\n<p>I used every repayment to buy back into the same properties through a holding company.<\/p>\n<p>DNH Holdings.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel had moved money between Grant Street and Marcus\u2019s company over years.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe the accounting was there.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel began searching.<\/p>\n<p>At two in the morning, she found a ledger entry in DNH records.<\/p>\n<p>VOSS CREDIT \u2014 SATISFIED VIA NBR SETTLEMENT.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas leaned forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNBR. Northbridge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rachel opened the attached schedule.<\/p>\n<p>The credit amount was $286,400.<\/p>\n<p>A matching payment had been made twelve years ago.<\/p>\n<p>To Voss Family Trust.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur\u2019s legitimate interest had been paid.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen\u2019s implied equity claim was satisfied.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus exhaled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo he has nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot nothing,\u201d Thomas said. \u201cHe may still have rights to legitimate residual Grant Street funds after restitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut not my company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on what we have, no.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at Arthur\u2019s confession.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel had made mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>Serious ones.<\/p>\n<p>But he had also kept records.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, records were proving more useful than anyone\u2019s version of the past.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus looked at the clock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMom. Bed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I did not argue this time.<\/p>\n<p>At five-fifteen, I woke.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus was asleep in the chair beside my bed.<\/p>\n<p>He had apparently decided the sofa was too far away.<\/p>\n<p>I dressed quietly.<\/p>\n<p>He woke anyway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou ready?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He smiled faintly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood answer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the hospital, everything became strangely ordinary.<\/p>\n<p>Forms.<\/p>\n<p>Wristbands.<\/p>\n<p>A nurse asking my birth date twice.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus sitting beside the bed.<\/p>\n<p>At seven-ten, Dr. Patel entered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marcus took my hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever happens with the company\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cListen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His eyes filled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou built it. Your father helped. Arthur\u2019s money helped. Employees helped. Elaine helped, even if she also made mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo company belongs entirely to one person\u2019s story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t let this make you bitter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He squeezed my hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome back and tell me yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The nurse began moving my bed.<\/p>\n<p>As we reached the doors, Marcus\u2019s phone rang.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel.<\/p>\n<p>He almost ignored it.<\/p>\n<p>I said, \u201cAnswer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He did.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel spoke quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe found Stephen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marcus stopped walking beside the bed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Harbor Point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs he alone?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho\u2019s with him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rachel\u2019s answer followed me through the operating-room doors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElaine.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=11099\">Click here to continue reading: PART 15: While I Was Under Anesthesia, Elaine Went Alone to Face Her Brother, and Marcus Had to Decide Whether Trusting Her Was Foolish Again<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police reached my house before we did. Nothing had been broken. No doors forced. No windows opened. 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