{"id":14260,"date":"2026-09-19T16:37:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=14260"},"modified":"2026-09-19T16:37:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:37:48","slug":"part-7-elliot-vales-former-wife-finally-explained-the-hidden-transfers-but-her-story-made-harpers-visit-to-her-house-impossible-to-ignore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=14260","title":{"rendered":"PART 7 \u2013 Elliot Vale\u2019s Former Wife Finally Explained the Hidden Transfers, but Her Story Made Harper\u2019s Visit to Her House Impossible to Ignore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The woman\u2019s name was Rebecca Vale.<\/p>\n<p>Until that week, she had existed in my life only as a surname attached to fragments: a transfer recipient, a child\u2019s uncertain memory, a voice from a kitchen Harper had been told not to discuss.<\/p>\n<p>Then Rebecca arrived at Mara\u2019s office on a Wednesday morning wearing a camel-colored coat and dark glasses despite the cloudy weather.<\/p>\n<p>She brought two attorneys.<\/p>\n<p>Neither was a divorce lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>That told me enough.<\/p>\n<p>I did not attend the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Mara insisted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is no longer only your marital case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut she knows something about my money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe may know something about criminal conduct. If we are allowed to use anything relevant, we will. You do not need to sit across from her while federal statutes are being discussed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFederal?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mara gave me a look.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is exactly why you\u2019re not attending.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Three hours later, she called.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her voice was flat.<\/p>\n<p>That frightened me.<\/p>\n<p>When I arrived, Rebecca and her lawyers were gone.<\/p>\n<p>David sat at the conference table with a laptop open.<\/p>\n<p>Mara locked the office door behind me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She pointed to a chair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hate when people tell me that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen hate me while sitting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I did.<\/p>\n<p>Mara folded her hands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRebecca confirms Caleb managed a substantial portion of Elliot Vale\u2019s assets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe also confirms Vanessa Cole was involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Caleb?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the financial scheme or personally?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mara hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I had expected that answer.<\/p>\n<p>Still, hearing it made my stomach tighten.<\/p>\n<p>The affair itself felt almost irrelevant compared with everything else, but some old part of me reacted before the newer wounds could intervene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow long?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRebecca believes at least two years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at the wall.<\/p>\n<p>Two years.<\/p>\n<p>So while Caleb documented my tears, he was sleeping with the woman helping move money through shell companies.<\/p>\n<p>The symmetry would have seemed too neat in fiction.<\/p>\n<p>Real life had no such concern.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was the scheme?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David turned the laptop toward me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to Rebecca, Elliot discovered irregularities in an investment structure Caleb recommended. By then, Elliot and Rebecca were in a hostile divorce. Caleb positioned himself as an intermediary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause both sides trusted different parts of him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David enlarged a timeline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElliot trusted Caleb professionally. Rebecca trusted Vanessa personally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy Vanessa?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey knew each other through a charitable board.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mara continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRebecca says Vanessa told her Elliot had hidden marital assets and that Caleb could help identify them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWere there hidden assets?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPossibly. But that became cover for something else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David pointed to a series of transfers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCaleb moved money from accounts associated with Elliot into entities controlled or influenced by Vanessa. Rebecca was told these were funds Elliot had concealed from her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd she got some.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoughly ninety thousand that we can trace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat about the rest?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat appears to be where Caleb and Vanessa benefited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I leaned back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo they told Rebecca they were recovering money her husband hid, then took part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is Rebecca\u2019s allegation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas Elliot actually hiding it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t yet know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mara added, \u201cHe may have been engaged in his own misconduct. That doesn\u2019t make unauthorized transfers lawful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The entire structure began to emerge.<\/p>\n<p>Caleb had not created one lie.<\/p>\n<p>He had built several overlapping ones.<\/p>\n<p>To me, he was protecting Harper from an unstable mother.<\/p>\n<p>To the court, he was a responsible father.<\/p>\n<p>To Rebecca, he was helping uncover marital assets.<\/p>\n<p>To Elliot, perhaps he was managing investments.<\/p>\n<p>To Vanessa, he was something else entirely.<\/p>\n<p>Every version depended on each person seeing only one room in the house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does Harper\u2019s visit have to do with it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mara\u2019s jaw tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRebecca remembers it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I felt cold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe remembers Harper?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery clearly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did she say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe says she was panicking because a transfer had not arrived. She demanded Caleb come explain. He brought Harper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRebecca believes he used Harper to calm the situation and discourage her from saying too much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The memory of Caleb telling Harper they were going shopping made my hands curl.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was ten.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe brought our daughter into a meeting about stolen money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not yet know that the money was stolen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mara\u2019s caution irritated me.<\/p>\n<p>Then I understood why she kept using it.<\/p>\n<p>Words mattered now.<\/p>\n<p>Especially careless ones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat exactly did Rebecca say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mara checked her notes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe says when Caleb arrived, she accused him of lying about where Elliot\u2019s money had gone. She was angry. He pointed out that Harper was with him. Rebecca says she immediately lowered her voice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Exactly as Harper remembered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe asked why he had brought a child. Caleb said he had parenting responsibilities and couldn\u2019t cancel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a lie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe chose to bring her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt appears so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the shopping bags?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mara looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRebecca says Vanessa had left several expensive items at the house earlier that week. Caleb took two shopping bags when he left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My chest tightened.<\/p>\n<p>Harper had returned carrying those bags.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was in them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I went home and asked.<\/p>\n<p>Harper sat on the living-room floor sorting pencils.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe shopping trip with Dad,\u201d I said. \u201cThe day you went to Mrs. Vale\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her face changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI already told you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know. I need to ask about the bags.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She looked confused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat about them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was inside?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA sweater and shoes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Dad buy them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you see him buy them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harper frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere did you get the bags?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Mrs. Vale\u2019s house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My stomach turned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Dad tell you not to show me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She stared at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said they were a surprise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he say anything else?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harper thought.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said you got weird about money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There it was again.<\/p>\n<p>Even a pair of shoes had become part of the narrative.<\/p>\n<p>I sat beside her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you still have them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sweater?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the shoes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpstairs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When she brought them down, I photographed the labels and sent them to Mara.<\/p>\n<p>The sweater alone cost more than three hundred dollars.<\/p>\n<p>The shoes almost five hundred.<\/p>\n<p>I had never bought Harper anything remotely that expensive.<\/p>\n<p>The next day, David matched the purchases to a credit card held by North Orchard Management.<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa\u2019s company.<\/p>\n<p>The shopping trip Caleb later cited as evidence of my suspicion and emotional instability had involved him taking Harper to a financial co-conspirator\u2019s house and bringing home goods purchased through an entity tied to hidden transfers.<\/p>\n<p>At least that was how the facts now looked.<\/p>\n<p>The irony would have been satisfying if Harper had not been involved.<\/p>\n<p>Instead it made me sick.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca\u2019s cooperation opened another path.<\/p>\n<p>She possessed text messages.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds.<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa had sent them over months, reassuring her about transfers, discussing amounts, and occasionally referencing Caleb by initials.<\/p>\n<p>One message read:<\/p>\n<p>C says keep quiet until Dec review. After that nobody can unwind it cleanly.<\/p>\n<p>Another said:<\/p>\n<p>He has wife problem under control.<\/p>\n<p>My name was not included.<\/p>\n<p>It did not need to be.<\/p>\n<p>Mara showed me the screenshot.<\/p>\n<p>I stared until the letters blurred.<\/p>\n<p>Wife problem.<\/p>\n<p>Twelve years reduced to two words.<\/p>\n<p>I handed the phone back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happens now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRebecca\u2019s attorneys are negotiating with investigators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich investigators?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cState financial-crimes unit at minimum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt minimum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mara sighed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClaire, some of Elliot\u2019s funds crossed state lines and possibly international accounts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo federal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPotentially.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Again that word.<\/p>\n<p>But events were accelerating too quickly for careful distance.<\/p>\n<p>Two days later, Elliot Vale himself appeared.<\/p>\n<p>Not at my house.<\/p>\n<p>At Mara\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>He came without warning.<\/p>\n<p>The receptionist called from downstairs saying an elderly man wanted to speak about Caleb Dawson and refused to leave.<\/p>\n<p>Elliot was seventy-one, tall and thin, with deep lines around his mouth.<\/p>\n<p>He looked furious.<\/p>\n<p>Not confused.<\/p>\n<p>Not frightened.<\/p>\n<p>Furious.<\/p>\n<p>Mara would not let me meet him at first.<\/p>\n<p>Then he asked for me by name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy does he know me?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is an excellent question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We entered the conference room together.<\/p>\n<p>Elliot stood when I came in.<\/p>\n<p>For several seconds he studied my face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sorry,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Those were not the first words I expected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor not believing there was something wrong with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I remained standing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew about me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot personally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looked toward Mara.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay I?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She nodded.<\/p>\n<p>Elliot sat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCaleb talked about his family more than most advisers do. Your daughter\u2019s soccer games. Your job. Vacations. He made himself familiar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I knew that version of Caleb.<\/p>\n<p>It was how he won people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou said you didn\u2019t believe something was wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elliot\u2019s mouth tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy ex-wife warned me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRebecca?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was involved too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was manipulated too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The distinction came quickly.<\/p>\n<p>I wondered how much of it was true.<\/p>\n<p>Elliot continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe said Caleb and Vanessa were moving funds. I thought it was part of the divorce war. Rebecca had made accusations before. Some were nonsense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd some weren\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looked old suddenly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTens of millions move through my portfolio. A few hundred thousand can hide if someone knows where to put it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David had said something similar about thresholds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did Caleb tell you when you noticed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat accounting was delayed. That certain positions were illiquid. That year-end reconciliation would resolve discrepancies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDecember.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elliot looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That explained the recording.<\/p>\n<p>He would not know until December.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI demanded an outside audit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCaleb became very interested in my divorce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The manipulation had repeated.<\/p>\n<p>Different victim.<\/p>\n<p>Different vulnerability.<\/p>\n<p>Same method.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe implied Rebecca might be responsible for the missing money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My skin prickled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe blamed her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first indirectly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elliot gave a humorless laugh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is very good at indirectly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yes.<\/p>\n<p>He was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI authorized him to investigate accounts Rebecca might have accessed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mara leaned forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou gave him expanded access?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The room went silent.<\/p>\n<p>That was how Caleb had acquired the ability to move even more.<\/p>\n<p>Elliot looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI handed him the key because he convinced me someone else was stealing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sentence felt painfully familiar.<\/p>\n<p>Caleb had done something similar to me.<\/p>\n<p>He convinced me I could not understand finances, then used my withdrawal from them as proof he should control more.<\/p>\n<p>He convinced Elliot Rebecca was the threat, then gained more access.<\/p>\n<p>He convinced Harper I remembered things incorrectly, then became the person she consulted about reality.<\/p>\n<p>Different doors.<\/p>\n<p>Same key.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you want from me?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why come?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I heard your daughter recorded him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My body tightened.<\/p>\n<p>Mara immediately said, \u201cThe child is not available to discuss evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not asking to see her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elliot raised both hands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted Mrs. Dawson to know I will cooperate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looked directly at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spent my career believing numbers tell the truth if you know where to look. Your husband counted on people looking in the wrong places.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My husband.<\/p>\n<p>The phrase sounded obsolete.<\/p>\n<p>After Elliot left, Mara stood by the window.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis changes the stakes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey already changed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She turned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Elliot signs affidavits and turns over his accounts, Caleb\u2019s marital nondisclosure becomes the smallest part of his problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does that mean for custody?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt means family court may move faster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause if criminal charges become likely, the judge will not want Harper caught in instability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The next hearing was scheduled for Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Caleb had not seen Harper except during one supervised visit at a family center.<\/p>\n<p>She returned from that visit quiet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Dad ask about court?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he say anything weird?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe asked if I was proud of myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My stomach clenched.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas the supervisor there?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid they hear?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mara obtained the report.<\/p>\n<p>The supervisor had heard it.<\/p>\n<p>Caleb was warned immediately not to discuss litigation.<\/p>\n<p>He responded that the comment referred to Harper\u2019s schoolwork.<\/p>\n<p>Harper had not mentioned schoolwork during the visit.<\/p>\n<p>At Monday\u2019s hearing, Judge Marwood reviewed the report.<\/p>\n<p>Gerald Price tried to minimize it.<\/p>\n<p>The judge did not.<\/p>\n<p>She extended supervised contact.<\/p>\n<p>Caleb\u2019s face hardened.<\/p>\n<p>Then the financial issue took over.<\/p>\n<p>David testified about undisclosed accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca\u2019s affidavit was entered under seal.<\/p>\n<p>Elliot\u2019s records showed unauthorized movements requiring further investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Price objected to nearly everything.<\/p>\n<p>He lost most of the objections.<\/p>\n<p>Near the end of the hearing, a court clerk entered and handed Judge Marwood a document.<\/p>\n<p>She read it.<\/p>\n<p>Then read it again.<\/p>\n<p>The courtroom went silent.<\/p>\n<p>Price looked uneasy.<\/p>\n<p>The judge called both attorneys to the bench.<\/p>\n<p>They spoke quietly.<\/p>\n<p>Mara\u2019s face changed.<\/p>\n<p>When she returned, she did not sit immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d I whispered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing until court adjourns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That meant something serious.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Marwood issued another preservation order.<\/p>\n<p>Then she ended the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>In the hallway, Mara guided me away from Caleb before speaking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe state has opened a formal investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInto Caleb?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInto financial activity involving him, Vanessa, and related entities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes he know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe does now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Across the hall, Gerald was speaking rapidly to Caleb.<\/p>\n<p>Caleb looked over.<\/p>\n<p>Our eyes met.<\/p>\n<p>There was something new in his face.<\/p>\n<p>Fear.<\/p>\n<p>Mara continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd there\u2019s more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I turned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe investigators requested access to the full Harper recording.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause the transcript contains a conversation we haven\u2019t discussed yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat conversation?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She lowered her voice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNear the end of the video, Caleb tells Vanessa they need to make sure Rebecca can\u2019t change her story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A chill moved through me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mara hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen Vanessa asks what happens if Rebecca talks anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I waited.<\/p>\n<p>Mara\u2019s expression made my pulse jump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did Caleb say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said, \u2018Then we remind her what she has to lose.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=14261\">Click here to continue reading: PART 8: Caleb Tried to Turn One Last Conversation With Harper to His Advantage, but the Supervised Visit Produced Evidence He Could Not Explain<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The woman\u2019s name was Rebecca Vale. 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