{"id":16809,"date":"2026-09-22T15:48:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=16809"},"modified":"2026-09-22T15:48:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:48:43","slug":"part-11-derek-finally-admitted-why-he-waited-before-calling-for-help-but-his-version-of-richards-death-pointed-straight-back-to-voss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=16809","title":{"rendered":"PART 11 \u2013 Derek Finally Admitted Why He Waited Before Calling for Help, but His Version of Richard\u2019s Death Pointed Straight Back to Voss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Derek arrived at Sterling headquarters furious enough that nobody needed to tell him why he had been summoned. He stormed through the executive floor with two attorneys behind him and demanded the security director, the general counsel, and Luna all meet him in the same room.<\/p>\n<p>Luna refused the attorneys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not a board proceeding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt became one when your security team searched my office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey did not search it. They entered after your assistant reported the drawer open.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd conveniently found evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvidence planted by whoever is framing me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His voice echoed against the conference-room glass.<\/p>\n<p>Luna sat opposite him.<\/p>\n<p>I was beside her.<\/p>\n<p>Derek looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy is he here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause he is involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s an employee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy husband.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The word came naturally now.<\/p>\n<p>Derek noticed.<\/p>\n<p>I did too.<\/p>\n<p>His attorneys waited outside with Victor.<\/p>\n<p>Inside were only Derek, Luna, me, and a corporate investigator Luna had insisted on having as a witness.<\/p>\n<p>Derek threw a photograph of Naomi\u2019s badge onto the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have never seen that before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat about the archive key?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe note?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVoss?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His expression changed by perhaps one degree.<\/p>\n<p>Luna saw it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we\u2019re there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the lie you practiced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek leaned back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have employed Graham Voss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor surveillance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRisk assessment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgainst me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The admission came almost casually.<\/p>\n<p>I felt Luna stiffen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou had me followed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou had me followed too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot before you tried to take control of the company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou mean before I tried to stop you from running it into the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek smiled without warmth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe eternal Luna problem. Anyone who disagrees with you becomes dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNaomi was attacked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you think I ordered that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think your badge access, payments to Voss, and history of surveillance give me reason to ask.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd what does the husband think?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I said, \u201cI think somebody wants us to believe you did it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That surprised him.<\/p>\n<p>Luna turned toward me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you\u2019re defending me?\u201d Derek asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the evidence is too neat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He stared.<\/p>\n<p>Naomi\u2019s badge.<\/p>\n<p>The archive key.<\/p>\n<p>The note.<\/p>\n<p>All in one drawer.<\/p>\n<p>Someone had constructed a package.<\/p>\n<p>Not evidence.<\/p>\n<p>A story.<\/p>\n<p>Derek slowly sat forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou found something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luna answered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy father\u2019s vault.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His expression betrayed him.<\/p>\n<p>He knew about it.<\/p>\n<p>Luna saw.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew there were boxes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBox 314?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThomas Bennett?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek\u2019s eyes moved to me.<\/p>\n<p>So did the investigator\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew the name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy father mentioned him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYears ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Father was obsessed with old mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My hands tightened under the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat mistake was Thomas?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe kind my father thought he could fix by controlling everyone else\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luna\u2019s voice sharpened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExplain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek stood and walked toward the window.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur father knew Voss was corrupt long before he fired him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat isn\u2019t what his recording says.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek turned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat recording?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luna did not answer.<\/p>\n<p>That frightened him.<\/p>\n<p>Good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe recorded himself?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnswer the question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek stared at her.<\/p>\n<p>Then sat again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFather suspected Voss years earlier but lacked proof.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Thomas?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBennett collected some.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen disappeared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Voss threatened him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I said, \u201cYou knew my father was alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew Father believed he was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou paid Voss to find him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His expression tightened.<\/p>\n<p>So we had him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Bennett had records.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout Voss?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does everything mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>Luna said, \u201cHe already knows enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes he?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek looked between us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen tell me what Richard wrote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fact he used his father\u2019s first name struck me.<\/p>\n<p>Not Dad.<\/p>\n<p>Not Father.<\/p>\n<p>Richard.<\/p>\n<p>Luna noticed too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek laughed softly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou always did enjoy negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy did you wait six minutes before calling an ambulance?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The question hit him like a physical blow.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, his composure genuinely disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere did you hear that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThomas kept records.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek stared at me.<\/p>\n<p>My father had been watching.<\/p>\n<p>The knowledge frightened him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was there?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnswer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek stood again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDerek.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. If Thomas Bennett is alive, then you have no idea what you\u2019ve stepped into.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy did you wait?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He turned toward Luna.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou really believe I killed him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t say that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou didn\u2019t have to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She stood too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI found Dad on the floor eight minutes after you supposedly called emergency services. For three years, I believed you found him and called immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did call.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSix minutes later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek\u2019s face twisted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want the truth?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He slammed both palms against the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was trying to find what he had taken.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silence.<\/p>\n<p>Luna looked almost confused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFather and I argued.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe accused me of using Voss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou were.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI admitted it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo investigate board members. Competitors. You.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou had your sister investigated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou were being positioned to control everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was doing the job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou were becoming him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That silenced her.<\/p>\n<p>Derek continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFather told me Voss was poison. He said I had no idea what that man had done before I hired him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew Voss worked for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew Voss ran security. I didn\u2019t know about Bennett.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened that night?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek looked toward the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFather had a file.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat file?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bennett file.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My pulse jumped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one stolen from the archive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI assume.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek rubbed his face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said the file proved why Voss could never be trusted. I told him I wanted to see it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe refused.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you argued.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told me he had changed the trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luna\u2019s breathing slowed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat night?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told you about the marriage condition?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot specifically. He said I would never control his voting shares.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you became angry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI became furious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looked at his sister.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou think I didn\u2019t know you were his favorite?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luna flinched.<\/p>\n<p>Derek laughed bitterly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe trained me my entire life to inherit Sterling. Then somewhere along the way he decided I was a threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause you were using Voss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The admission was stark.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen Father grabbed his chest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luna\u2019s face changed.<\/p>\n<p>Derek looked away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe sat down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou mean collapsed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. Not immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI asked whether I should call someone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said no.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe thought it would pass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I saw Luna\u2019s anger building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened next?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told me to get out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you did?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek swallowed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went to his desk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luna stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou searched his desk while he was having a heart attack?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know it was a heart attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew something was wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd instead of calling an ambulance, you looked for the file.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The word fell into the room like something dead.<\/p>\n<p>Luna stepped back.<\/p>\n<p>For once Derek did not defend himself.<\/p>\n<p>He simply continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI found the drawer empty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow long?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSix minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat made you call?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe fell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luna covered her mouth.<\/p>\n<p>Derek\u2019s voice became quieter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heard the chair move. When I turned around, he was on the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Voss?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek froze.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThomas\u2019s records put Voss at Blackwood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Something shifted in his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Fear.<\/p>\n<p>Not guilt.<\/p>\n<p>Fear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need to stop saying that name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause you don\u2019t know him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou hired him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd now you\u2019re frightened of him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek said nothing.<\/p>\n<p>I leaned forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened with Voss that night?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re lying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek stood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luna moved between him and the door.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou do not get to walk out after telling me you searched Dad\u2019s desk while he was dying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His face twisted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want to hate me? Fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want a version where you were the good child and I was the monster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His voice cracked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou think I haven\u2019t replayed those six minutes every day for three years?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luna stared at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI should have called.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looked away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The room went quiet.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, I saw Derek not as an enemy or rival but as a man trapped inside one terrible decision.<\/p>\n<p>Then Luna asked, \u201cWas Voss there?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek closed his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>That was the answer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDerek.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luna went still.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe came after the argument started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI called him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou called Voss to our family home?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted leverage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou brought a private investigator into Dad\u2019s house while you were fighting about inheritance?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was angry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did Voss do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why did Thomas write that Voss left thirteen minutes after Dad collapsed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek stared at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou were there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was in the library.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo was Father.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot the whole time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luna frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek\u2019s voice lowered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVoss asked Father to speak privately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout fifteen minutes before Father collapsed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My skin prickled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did they discuss?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t hear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow long?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe ten minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd after?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFather came back furious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Voss?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said, \u2018I should have finished this twenty years ago.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>Voss.<\/p>\n<p>The buried investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Luna sat slowly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened to Voss when Dad collapsed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou said you were there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had left the library.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere did he go?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought he left the house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Thomas recorded him leaving at 10:17.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thirteen minutes after Richard collapsed.<\/p>\n<p>Derek looked sick.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo Voss was inside Blackwood while you searched Father\u2019s desk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnaccounted for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luna stared at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat could he access?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek whispered, \u201cAnything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The investigator finally spoke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Mr. Voss know about Richard Sterling\u2019s medication?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProbably.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luna turned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat medication?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The investigator said, \u201cHeart medication. If someone intended to worsen a cardiac event, access could matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek went white.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nobody accused him.<\/p>\n<p>The possibility existed without help.<\/p>\n<p>Richard\u2019s death could still have been natural.<\/p>\n<p>But Voss had been inside.<\/p>\n<p>Unobserved.<\/p>\n<p>And Richard had confronted him minutes before collapsing.<\/p>\n<p>Derek sank into the chair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luna\u2019s anger did not disappear.<\/p>\n<p>But fear replaced part of it.<\/p>\n<p>Derek looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t kill Dad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She answered slowly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe you didn\u2019t intend to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The distinction hurt him.<\/p>\n<p>It should have.<\/p>\n<p>His phone buzzed.<\/p>\n<p>He glanced at the screen.<\/p>\n<p>His face changed instantly.<\/p>\n<p>I recognized the reaction.<\/p>\n<p>We had all learned to fear messages now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d Luna asked.<\/p>\n<p>Derek turned the phone around.<\/p>\n<p>A photograph filled the screen.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Bennett.<\/p>\n<p>Alive.<\/p>\n<p>Standing beside a motel ice machine.<\/p>\n<p>The picture had been taken through a long lens.<\/p>\n<p>A message appeared beneath it.<\/p>\n<p>You told them too much.<\/p>\n<p>Another followed.<\/p>\n<p>Now I clean up both families.<\/p>\n<p>Derek stared at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVoss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I was already standing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen was that photograph taken?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Victor rushed in from outside after Derek called him.<\/p>\n<p>He examined the metadata.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the earlier image, this one had not been stripped completely.<\/p>\n<p>Timestamp.<\/p>\n<p>Sixteen minutes ago.<\/p>\n<p>Location.<\/p>\n<p>Not New Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>Luna read the coordinates.<\/p>\n<p>Her face changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s Blackwood.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=16810\">Click here to continue reading: PART 12: We Raced Back to Blackwood to Find My Father, but Richard Sterling\u2019s Final Safeguard Was Waiting There Instead<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Derek arrived at Sterling headquarters furious enough that nobody needed to tell him why he had been summoned. 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