{"id":13371,"date":"2026-09-18T18:40:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T18:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=13371"},"modified":"2026-09-18T18:40:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T18:40:50","slug":"part-13-vanessa-named-the-person-behind-my-forged-signature-then-admitted-why-she-had-protected-him-for-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=13371","title":{"rendered":"PART 13 \u2013 Vanessa Named the Person Behind My Forged Signature, Then Admitted Why She Had Protected Him for Months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I called Vanessa before I finished reading her message a second time.<\/p>\n<p>She answered immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not hello.<\/p>\n<p>Not where are you.<\/p>\n<p>Just that.<\/p>\n<p>Richard stood beside the desk, watching me. Daniel remained on speaker from wherever he had pulled over, his presence reduced to the faint sound of his car engine through my phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho copied my signature?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa began crying.<\/p>\n<p>I had lost patience with tears as a substitute for information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVanessa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was Elliot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel swore softly on the other line.<\/p>\n<p>I said, \u201cHow do you know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I saw him do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The words altered the air in the room.<\/p>\n<p>Richard leaned closer.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel said, \u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa\u2019s breathing became ragged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t see him physically sign your name. I saw the file.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat file?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe insurance document.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The one bearing my genuine signature.<\/p>\n<p>I sat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe night you were in New York.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>November fourteenth.<\/p>\n<p>The same night the forged consent entered the lender portal from my home internet connection.<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElliot came over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel\u2019s voice sharpened through the speaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe came to our house?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou never told me that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy was he there?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said you\u2019d asked him to pick up North Shore documents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My fingers tightened around the phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStart at the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She inhaled several times before speaking again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou and Daniel were both traveling. I was staying there because you asked me to watch Winston.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Our old Labrador.<\/p>\n<p>He had died six weeks later, and the memory of him sleeping beneath the kitchen table returned so clearly that for one absurd second I could smell his fur.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElliot texted around nine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow did he have your number?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrighton paperwork.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat Daniel left underwriting materials in the office and needed him to collect them before morning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel interrupted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s bullshit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richard said quietly, \u201cLet her finish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told him I didn\u2019t have an office key.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. Not then. Daniel gave me one later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That matched what I remembered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo how did he get in?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said the office wasn\u2019t locked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked toward the new black lock.<\/p>\n<p>In November, the original brass knob had still been there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe came in. I was watching television. He went into the office for maybe twenty minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlone?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou let a man into our house and left him alone in Daniel\u2019s office?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe worked with Daniel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVanessa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her voice cracked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know how stupid that sounds now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you see?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen he came out, he was carrying a folder and his laptop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis laptop?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe brought one with him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened next?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe asked whether your printer worked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at the printer beside Daniel\u2019s desk.<\/p>\n<p>The same one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told him yes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe printed something?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you see?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClaire, I\u2019m trying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen try clearly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silence.<\/p>\n<p>Richard touched my shoulder once.<\/p>\n<p>Not to stop me.<\/p>\n<p>Only to remind me that panic would make Vanessa less useful.<\/p>\n<p>I softened my voice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you see?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe printed two pages. Then he looked through papers on Daniel\u2019s desk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat papers?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou said you saw the insurance document.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe called me into the office because the scanner wasn\u2019t working.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The printer included a scanner.<\/p>\n<p>I already knew what came next.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI helped him fix it. There was a document on the desk with your signature at the bottom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy insurance renewal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you see him scan it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel said, \u201cJesus Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa began crying again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe scanned that page. Then he put another sheet next to it on the screen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richard\u2019s pen moved quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat sheet?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe consent page.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas my signature already on it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There it was.<\/p>\n<p>My skin went cold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe opened some program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat kind?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know. Photo editing maybe. PDF software.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe highlighted your signature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe copied it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnto the consent form.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel said, \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you stop him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa\u2019s crying stopped abruptly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t get to ask me that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI absolutely do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. Because when I asked what he was doing, Elliot said you knew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel went silent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat exactly did he say?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said, \u2018Daniel knows. We just need underwriting to keep moving.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My stomach twisted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you believe him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause every weird thing about Brighton came with the same explanation. Daniel knows. Daniel approved. Daniel will explain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel said, \u201cI never authorized that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa snapped, \u201cHow was I supposed to know which things you had authorized?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That silenced him.<\/p>\n<p>Her voice gained strength.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou had me opening accounts, forwarding documents, sending money, using my address, signing LLC forms. Elliot knew details only you could have given him. Every time I asked you anything, you told me not to worry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel said nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo when he said you knew, I believed him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richard wrote a final note, then looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen did you realize Daniel didn\u2019t know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA few days later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaniel came over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was angry because Elliot had sent him that consent draft.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one with my copied signature?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou heard that conversation?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPart of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTell me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaniel said, \u2018What the hell is this?\u2019 Elliot said it was only for the file. Daniel told him he was out of his mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked toward the phone.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel said quietly, \u201cThat happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why didn\u2019t you tell me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He did not answer.<\/p>\n<p>I asked Vanessa, \u201cWhat happened after?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElliot said nothing had been funded and that the lender only needed comfort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComfort?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the word he used.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Daniel?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told him to delete it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richard said, \u201cDid you hear Daniel say that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExactly?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said, \u2018Delete it. Claire never approved this.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Again, evidence helping Daniel.<\/p>\n<p>And again, only at the edge of a much larger betrayal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why was it uploaded?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou were in the house when it happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Elliot use Daniel\u2019s computer?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. His own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he use the Wi-Fi?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you give him the password?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was on the refrigerator.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course it was.<\/p>\n<p>I had written it on a magnet for houseguests.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery of the IP address collapsed into something painfully mundane.<\/p>\n<p>Elliot had forged my signature in my house using my printer, my signed document, and my internet connection.<\/p>\n<p>The house had not been breached.<\/p>\n<p>It had been opened for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you tell me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa whispered, \u201cBecause I was afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf Elliot?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf Daniel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel inhaled sharply.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause after you saw the draft, you told me never to mention it to Claire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The silence was enormous.<\/p>\n<p>I looked at the phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaniel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His answer came slowly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou told her not to tell me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I thought it was handled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause if I told you, North Shore was over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There it was.<\/p>\n<p>Clean.<\/p>\n<p>Ugly.<\/p>\n<p>Undeniable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew someone forged my signature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou told him to delete it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd instead of telling me, you protected the deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His voice broke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For several seconds, I could hear only Vanessa breathing.<\/p>\n<p>The distinction mattered legally.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel had not forged the document.<\/p>\n<p>He had objected when he saw it.<\/p>\n<p>But as my husband, he had made a different choice.<\/p>\n<p>He chose secrecy.<\/p>\n<p>Again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did Elliot say to you afterward?\u201d I asked Vanessa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told me it was nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he threaten you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he ask you to delete anything?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot then.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen did he?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis morning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richard straightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe called after Daniel left my apartment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said Richard was pulling lender files.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow did he know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI asked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat lenders call sponsors when lawyers start making noise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo Elliot knew we were looking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he ask you to do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDelete old Brighton emails and empty the document folder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he tell you why?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said the deal was dead and there was no reason to leave half-finished drafts everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richard muttered something under his breath.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you delete?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmails.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know. Maybe thirty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything from Elliot?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything mentioning my signature?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richard closed his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you empty trash?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCloud account?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStop touching everything now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not reset your phone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI won\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not replace it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI won\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not contact Elliot again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe keeps calling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not answer until you have counsel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel said, \u201cVanessa, where are you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She ignored him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClaire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sorry I stayed in first class.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of all the things she could have said, that nearly undid me.<\/p>\n<p>Not the forged signature.<\/p>\n<p>Not Brighton.<\/p>\n<p>The train.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew you were back there,\u201d she continued. \u201cI kept telling myself it was Daniel\u2019s marriage and not my problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I sat again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI kept thinking if it were really that bad, you would come forward and make him move.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou thought it was my responsibility to force my husband to care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A long silence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her honesty hurt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at the wall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was not forgiveness.<\/p>\n<p>She knew the difference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes Daniel?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKnow you watched Elliot copy the signature?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know now,\u201d Daniel said.<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa went quiet.<\/p>\n<p>Then something unexpected happened.<\/p>\n<p>She laughed.<\/p>\n<p>A short, miserable sound.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course you\u2019re listening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel said, \u201cVanessa\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her voice hardened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t get to explain yourself to me right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou used me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou told me Brighton was paperwork. You told me the transfers were temporary. You told me Claire would eventually agree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believed she might.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou told me she had basically agreed already.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My head lifted.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel said, \u201cI never said that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, you did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first time you asked me to send her passport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel became quiet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou said, \u2018Claire is fine with the concept. She just doesn\u2019t want to deal with documents while she\u2019s pregnant.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Another version of my consent.<\/p>\n<p>Not forged.<\/p>\n<p>Translated.<\/p>\n<p>Softened.<\/p>\n<p>Made convenient.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel said, \u201cI was trying to keep the process moving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa\u2019s voice was tired now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s always your answer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nobody spoke.<\/p>\n<p>Then Richard\u2019s phone rang.<\/p>\n<p>He looked at the number, stepped away, and answered.<\/p>\n<p>His conversation lasted less than a minute.<\/p>\n<p>When he returned, his expression had sharpened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lender has suspended all communication with Elliot pending legal review.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel said, \u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richard looked at the phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course there was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey received a document this morning withdrawing the forged consent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom Elliot?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVanessa?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen who?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richard looked at Daniel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe withdrawal was submitted under your name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel answered instantly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t send anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richard said, \u201cIt also states that the signature discrepancy was an administrative error caused by a junior employee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel swore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did not send that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich means,\u201d Richard said, \u201csomeone may still have access to credentials associated with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel became completely still.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat credentials?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lender portal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t logged into it in weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho else knows your login?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa spoke softly through the phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel said, \u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou gave it to Elliot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, I didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the townhouse. The night you two were arguing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel\u2019s face was not visible, but I could hear the fear in his silence.<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou said the authentication codes were driving you crazy, so you told him your password.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richard asked, \u201cDid you hear it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you remember it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Elliot use Daniel\u2019s computer?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel whispered, \u201cJesus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richard said, \u201cChange nothing yet. 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