{"id":13042,"date":"2026-09-18T11:29:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T11:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=13042"},"modified":"2026-09-18T11:29:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T11:29:56","slug":"part-16-at-the-data-center-the-man-who-inherited-northstar-finally-explained-why-my-father-had-protected-him-for-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=13042","title":{"rendered":"PART 16 \u2013 At the Data Center, the Man Who Inherited Northstar Finally Explained Why My Father Had Protected Him for Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The data center sat behind two fences and a row of wind-bent pines.<\/p>\n<p>By the time we arrived, police vehicles covered the access road.<\/p>\n<p>I was not supposed to be there.<\/p>\n<p>Neither was Brittany.<\/p>\n<p>We came anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Kendra argued once.<\/p>\n<p>Then stopped wasting time.<\/p>\n<p>Nathan remained at headquarters because law enforcement needed him on systems.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel drove.<\/p>\n<p>Elaine sat beside him.<\/p>\n<p>Brittany and I were in the back.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody spoke during the forty-mile drive.<\/p>\n<p>The fire-suppression system had activated in two server rooms.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency ventilation prevented lethal gas buildup, but visibility inside remained poor.<\/p>\n<p>Police entered with respiratory equipment.<\/p>\n<p>David Gell had locked several internal doors.<\/p>\n<p>He controlled enough of the building system to slow them.<\/p>\n<p>Not enough to stop them.<\/p>\n<p>Warren remained visible on one recovered camera.<\/p>\n<p>Alive.<\/p>\n<p>Tied.<\/p>\n<p>Bleeding from the temple.<\/p>\n<p>At 7:18, negotiators reached David through an internal maintenance phone.<\/p>\n<p>His first demand:<\/p>\n<p>Jocelyn Mercer enters alone.<\/p>\n<p>Police refused.<\/p>\n<p>His second:<\/p>\n<p>Arthur\u2019s archive.<\/p>\n<p>Police refused.<\/p>\n<p>His third:<\/p>\n<p>Elaine Porter.<\/p>\n<p>She looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She almost smiled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat word runs in your family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re not entering a locked server room with a man who has already drugged people, staged fraud, and possibly tried to suffocate Warren.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wants what I have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe archive?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She touched her coat pocket.<\/p>\n<p>A small flash drive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI copied Arthur\u2019s final recording years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kendra stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou never told us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t trust anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brittany said, \u201cYou keep saying that like it excuses everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elaine looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s on the recording?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArthur and David.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo days before Arthur died.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you play it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Arthur asked me not to unless David resurfaced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel turned toward her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou protected Dad\u2019s wishes again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven after everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looked away.<\/p>\n<p>I asked, \u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elaine took a long breath.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Arthur saved my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No one responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot literally,\u201d she added. \u201cMaybe financially. Maybe morally. I don\u2019t know anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Warren discovered I was helping Arthur document Northstar, he threatened to expose me and implicate my husband. Arthur paid for counsel. He moved my family. He took responsibility for things that would have led back to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause he believed I could still fix what I had done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brittany said quietly, \u201cCould you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elaine looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police negotiators returned.<\/p>\n<p>David had changed his demand.<\/p>\n<p>He wanted the recording played over the line.<\/p>\n<p>Elaine agreed.<\/p>\n<p>We moved to the command vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>A negotiator connected the flash drive.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur\u2019s voice filled the cramped space.<\/p>\n<p>Older.<\/p>\n<p>Tired.<\/p>\n<p>David spoke first.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou promised Northstar would continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur answered, \u201cI promised nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou took Peter\u2019s money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI took Peter\u2019s money to help Jocelyn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou gave him access.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou gave Warren access.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd now you get to decide it ends?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI should have decided sooner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David laughed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEasy for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur said, \u201cYou are not trapped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou ruined my career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou bypassed security controls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Warren.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Northstar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never asked you to do what you did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou benefited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur became quiet.<\/p>\n<p>David continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery contract Mercer Ridge won because we knew what competitors were bidding. Every supplier negotiation. Every acquisition target. Don\u2019t pretend Jocelyn built all of it clean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My stomach turned.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>I had not known.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur said, \u201cJocelyn knew none of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat doesn\u2019t make the company innocent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt makes her innocent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. It makes her ignorant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur\u2019s voice hardened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen blame me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeave her out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t separate her from what you built.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe built Mercer Ridge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith information you gave her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The word was fierce.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never gave Jocelyn stolen competitive data.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David laughed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou gave people around her advantages. Vendors lowered prices. Competitors backed off. Contracts arrived.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did not ask you to manipulate bids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou didn\u2019t stop us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silence.<\/p>\n<p>Then Arthur.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am stopping you now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI transferred the evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo Elaine?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A pause.<\/p>\n<p>David had known.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe won\u2019t survive Warren.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur\u2019s voice softened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need to walk away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI gave fourteen years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou stole fourteen years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI protected your daughter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou used her company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSame thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur sounded very old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProtection that destroys choice is control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brittany looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>The sentence stayed in the vehicle after the recording moved on.<\/p>\n<p>David asked, \u201cWhat happens if I refuse?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur answered, \u201cThen everything goes to law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019d destroy Mercer Ridge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf that is the price.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019d destroy Jocelyn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe would survive the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The recording ended.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody spoke.<\/p>\n<p>Through the negotiation line, David\u2019s breathing could be heard.<\/p>\n<p>Then he laughed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe lied.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The negotiator said, \u201cDavid, tell me how.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArthur never sent it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSent what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe gave it to Elaine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. The real evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elaine went pale.<\/p>\n<p>I saw it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat real evidence?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She did not answer.<\/p>\n<p>David did.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe master ledger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kendra looked at Elaine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou said Arthur\u2019s archive was complete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought it was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou thought?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David\u2019s voice came through the line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAsk her why Arthur died before he delivered it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I felt Daniel stiffen beside me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDavid,\u201d the negotiator said, \u201cwhat are you saying?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m saying Arthur scheduled a meeting with federal investigators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree days after he died.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elaine closed her eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel whispered, \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had finally decided to confess.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The negotiator asked, \u201cDid you kill him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silence.<\/p>\n<p>A long one.<\/p>\n<p>Then David said, \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Warren?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho did?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another silence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel slammed his fist against the side of the command vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Police looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>He did not care.<\/p>\n<p>Our father\u2019s death had been certified as a cardiac event.<\/p>\n<p>He had heart disease.<\/p>\n<p>There had been no autopsy.<\/p>\n<p>No reason for one.<\/p>\n<p>Until now.<\/p>\n<p>I looked at Elaine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou said the records proved natural causes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you know about the federal meeting?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you know about the master ledger?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David laughed again through the speaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe knew less than she thinks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brittany stepped toward the negotiator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan I talk to him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause you\u2019re a civilian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m the person he spent years trying to manipulate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is exactly why.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David heard her anyway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrittany.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She froze.<\/p>\n<p>The negotiator muted our microphone.<\/p>\n<p>David continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou were never supposed to be hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brittany looked furious.<\/p>\n<p>The negotiator kept us muted.<\/p>\n<p>David spoke into the silence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTravis turned you into a shortcut. Arthur hated that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brittany grabbed the microphone switch.<\/p>\n<p>The negotiator stopped her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She glared.<\/p>\n<p>He shook his head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not let him pull you into this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was good advice.<\/p>\n<p>She stepped back.<\/p>\n<p>Police inside the facility reported movement.<\/p>\n<p>David had left the control room.<\/p>\n<p>Warren was still restrained.<\/p>\n<p>A tactical team advanced.<\/p>\n<p>David disappeared from cameras.<\/p>\n<p>Then one maintenance door opened electronically.<\/p>\n<p>A man emerged with his hands visible.<\/p>\n<p>For one impossible second, I thought David was surrendering.<\/p>\n<p>It was Warren.<\/p>\n<p>He staggered into the corridor.<\/p>\n<p>Alone.<\/p>\n<p>Police reached him.<\/p>\n<p>He collapsed.<\/p>\n<p>David remained somewhere inside.<\/p>\n<p>Warren regained consciousness in the ambulance.<\/p>\n<p>He refused transport until he spoke with us.<\/p>\n<p>Police allowed only Kendra and me near.<\/p>\n<p>His face looked older than the photographs.<\/p>\n<p>He studied me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou look like Arthur when you\u2019re angry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not use my father to build familiarity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A faint smile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid David kill him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou sound certain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause David was with me when Arthur died.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChicago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you prove it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened to my father?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Warren looked toward the ambulance ceiling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArthur\u2019s heart stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is not an answer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt may be the only one you get.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid someone cause it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is the master ledger?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Warren looked at Kendra.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything Northstar ever did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArthur hid it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo protect Jocelyn until he could confess.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he tell you where?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen how do you know it exists?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I spent five years looking for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brittany stood behind the police line.<\/p>\n<p>Warren saw her.<\/p>\n<p>His expression changed.<\/p>\n<p>Not affection.<\/p>\n<p>Something closer to regret.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTravis found part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat part?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe corporate beneficiary map.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople whose deaths, divorces, inheritances, or incapacity could shift control in valuable companies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A targeting system.<\/p>\n<p>Families turned into diagrams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrittany was one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas she ever supposed to be physically harmed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas I?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou expect me to trust you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Consistent again.<\/p>\n<p>The facility alarm changed.<\/p>\n<p>Three sharp tones.<\/p>\n<p>Nathan called my phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJocelyn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDavid accessed the archival storage network.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s there?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOld backups.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf Northstar?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe. But that isn\u2019t the immediate problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s initiating a secure erase.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you stop it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m trying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow long?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFour minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Warren heard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s destroying Arthur\u2019s trail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause he thinks the master ledger is hidden there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Warren looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen let him erase it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019ll discover that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen he will know the ledger is somewhere only Arthur could access.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel had joined us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat places?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Warren looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur\u2019s son.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur\u2019s daughter.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur\u2019s family.<\/p>\n<p>Then Brittany.<\/p>\n<p>His granddaughter.<\/p>\n<p>Warren said quietly, \u201cArthur did not trust banks anymore. He did not trust servers. He did not trust lawyers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho did he trust?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>Warren looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The answer made no sense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never had anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou may have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething he gave you before he died.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I thought of Arthur\u2019s last weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Hospital visits.<\/p>\n<p>Dinner at my house.<\/p>\n<p>A box of old photographs.<\/p>\n<p>His watch.<\/p>\n<p>Letters.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing like a ledger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe gave Daniel things too,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n<p>Warren shook his head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArthur said the final record would go to the person least likely to understand its value.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brittany stepped closer.<\/p>\n<p>My mind moved.<\/p>\n<p>Not me.<\/p>\n<p>Not Daniel.<\/p>\n<p>Not Elaine.<\/p>\n<p>Someone outside the old scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Someone Arthur believed would preserve an object without examining it.<\/p>\n<p>I turned toward Brittany.<\/p>\n<p>She saw it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did Grandpa give you before he died?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She looked confused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was thirteen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA necklace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything else?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBooks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat books?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t remember.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThink.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her expression changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe journal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat journal?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrandpa gave me this ugly old notebook.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere is it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Dad\u2019s house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Everything stopped.<\/p>\n<p>The belongings I had sent there after her birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Books.<\/p>\n<p>Letters.<\/p>\n<p>Childhood papers.<\/p>\n<p>The stuffed rabbit.<\/p>\n<p>The journal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Travis know Arthur gave it to you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Warren\u2019s face hardened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet it before David does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My phone rang.<\/p>\n<p>Home security.<\/p>\n<p>Motion alert.<\/p>\n<p>Not my house.<\/p>\n<p>The residential trust property.<\/p>\n<p>Travis\u2019s house.<\/p>\n<p>Police had restricted access during the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The security feed loaded.<\/p>\n<p>Someone had entered through the rear door.<\/p>\n<p>A man crossed the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>Gray hair.<\/p>\n<p>Not Travis.<\/p>\n<p>David Gell.<\/p>\n<p>He was already inside.<\/p>\n<p>Then a second figure appeared behind him.<\/p>\n<p>Travis.<\/p>\n<p>Not restrained.<\/p>\n<p>Not surprised.<\/p>\n<p>Helping him search.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=13043\">Click here to continue reading: PART 17: Travis Led David Straight to My Daughter\u2019s Childhood Boxes, but the Journal They Wanted Was Not Where Anyone Remembered Leaving It<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The data center sat behind two fences and a row of wind-bent pines. By the time we arrived, police vehicles covered the access road. 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