{"id":17792,"date":"2026-09-23T15:37:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T15:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=17792"},"modified":"2026-09-23T15:37:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T15:37:31","slug":"part-27-peter-sloan-came-out-of-hiding-to-explain-why-he-warned-noah-about-luca-and-his-last-secret-forced-adam-to-decide-whether-blood-was-enough-to-make-someone-a-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=17792","title":{"rendered":"PART 27 \u2013 Peter Sloan Came Out of Hiding to Explain Why He Warned Noah About Luca, and His Last Secret Forced Adam to Decide Whether Blood Was Enough to Make Someone a Father"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Sloan contacted federal investigators before they found him.<\/p>\n<p>That irritated Rebecca.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt means he controlled the timing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Claire looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou hate that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hate anyone controlling evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsistent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter requested immunity discussions.<\/p>\n<p>The government refused to promise anything before hearing his statement.<\/p>\n<p>He still agreed to surrender.<\/p>\n<p>At 11:20 on a Monday morning, Peter Sloan walked into a federal office in Baltimore with one attorney and one canvas bag.<\/p>\n<p>He was seventy-two.<\/p>\n<p>Thin.<\/p>\n<p>White-haired.<\/p>\n<p>Walking with a cane.<\/p>\n<p>The man we had spent weeks discussing as if he were simultaneously dead, missing, guilty, helpful, treacherous, and indispensable looked mostly tired.<\/p>\n<p>Adam refused to attend in person.<\/p>\n<p>He joined remotely.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca and federal counsel conducted the preliminary questioning.<\/p>\n<p>Claire and I watched only because Peter consented and our counsel arranged it.<\/p>\n<p>Grace watched with Maya.<\/p>\n<p>Noah did not.<\/p>\n<p>Good.<\/p>\n<p>Peter looked at Adam first.<\/p>\n<p>Neither spoke.<\/p>\n<p>Finally Peter said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou look like your mother.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam\u2019s face hardened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich one?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter closed his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Fair hit.<\/p>\n<p>Peter continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiologically, I mean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you know who she was?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam froze.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone did.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca leaned forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cName.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter looked at his attorney.<\/p>\n<p>Then answered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRachel Monroe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam said nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Peter continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe worked at St. Matthew\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNurse?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLab technician.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid she know Mercer?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid she consent to pregnancy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter\u2019s face tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter whispered:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The DNA report had suggested it.<\/p>\n<p>Now Peter confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Renner had been Peter Sloan\u2019s biological son.<\/p>\n<p>Peter continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRachel became pregnant in 1988.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid she intend to keep him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why was Adam transferred?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter looked away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMercer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam laughed bitterly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is not an explanation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTry again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter\u2019s hands tightened around the cane.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy father, Edwin Sloan, believed my relationship with Rachel compromised succession.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause she wasn\u2019t founder-line?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCorrect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe convinced Raymond Bennett and Eleanor Price to classify the pregnancy as a transfer opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Claire whispered:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOpportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter closed his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam stared at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou sold me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone took money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour father signed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter stopped.<\/p>\n<p>Then:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam disconnected.<\/p>\n<p>The screen went black.<\/p>\n<p>Claire closed her eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Peter looked destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>It did not make me feel sorry for him.<\/p>\n<p>Not yet.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca waited.<\/p>\n<p>Peter said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was seventeen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam had been seventeen when Mercer used his biological material to create me.<\/p>\n<p>Peter had been seventeen when he signed away Adam.<\/p>\n<p>The symmetry was horrible.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca asked:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you understand what you signed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Rachel?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you try to stop the transfer after Adam was born?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy father threatened Rachel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said she would be prosecuted for falsifying lab records.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHad she?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Mercer?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe had altered specimen identifiers under orders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo he used her own coerced conduct against her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened to Rachel?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree weeks after Adam\u2019s birth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlive?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe she died in 1996.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam rejoined the call.<\/p>\n<p>No one commented.<\/p>\n<p>His voice was flat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou believe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter looked at the camera.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never found a death record I trusted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou had thirty-eight years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou had Mercer access.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou had Haven.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou had Rebecca.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you still don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam laughed once.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m beginning to understand where I get it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter lowered his head.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca brought them back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy contact Noah?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter looked up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Caroline hid him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe never intended him to inherit Mercer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe intended him to replace the founder keys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiometric synthesis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel, listening remotely, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat sounds absurd.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter shook his head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot literal fingerprints. Genetic validation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas had explained similar systems.<\/p>\n<p>Peter continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMercer\u2019s oldest archives required family-line confirmation for some sealed records. Caroline spent years trying to create descendants who could authenticate multiple line gates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Claire said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrace and Noah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why was Grace succession-coded and Noah not?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrace was designed for legal consolidation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Claire flinched at designed.<\/p>\n<p>Peter noticed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeep going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNoah was designed for technical consolidation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan had been right.<\/p>\n<p>My son was not a key.<\/p>\n<p>But Mercer had intended him to be one.<\/p>\n<p>Peter continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Luca was conceived naturally, Caroline realized a third joint-line child would complicate both programs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause natural descent created a stronger claim than laboratory-created transfer descendants under the oldest Carter rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Claire stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo Luca displaced them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPotentially.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grace said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why Charles told me to surrender.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd why someone warned Noah his place would change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Claire\u2019s voice hardened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou wrote to a sixteen-year-old.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy not his parents?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought they might be monitored.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThomas thought the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter closed his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grace said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou all think secrecy becomes moral if you\u2019re scared enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter did not defend himself.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca asked:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you expect Noah to do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why warn him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause if Caroline approached him after Luca\u2019s birth, I wanted him to know her language meant danger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Claire stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou could have written, \u2018A criminal organization may contact you. Tell your parents and police.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter almost smiled sadly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead you wrote a riddle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHabit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That answer was unexpectedly honest.<\/p>\n<p>Mercer had turned every adult into someone who spoke in codes because codes felt safer than plain truth.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca asked:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat else are you hiding?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter looked at his attorney.<\/p>\n<p>His attorney looked tired.<\/p>\n<p>Peter said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam\u2019s expression hardened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRachel?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEleanor Carter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My father\u2019s sister.<\/p>\n<p>The woman declared dead in 1973.<\/p>\n<p>The nurse who had helped move babies.<\/p>\n<p>The woman Laura remembered carrying an infant called Michael.<\/p>\n<p>Anne had believed Eleanor died in a car accident.<\/p>\n<p>Peter said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe survived.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Claire laughed bitterly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca asked:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow long?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUntil 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was alive when Michael was alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor part of that time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince 2005.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDad found his sister.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd said nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere was she?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCanada.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe had left Mercer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe helped Rachel Monroe disappear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam stopped breathing.<\/p>\n<p>Peter continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRachel went to Eleanor in 1988.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter Adam\u2019s transfer?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEleanor helped her leave the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNova Scotia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam\u2019s voice cracked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy mother was alive in Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid she know where I was?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter closed his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLater.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c2005.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam went silent.<\/p>\n<p>Peter continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Michael discovered Adam\u2019s transfer record, he contacted Eleanor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou maintained contact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo Michael found Eleanor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Rachel?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEleanor told him Rachel had died in 1996.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam\u2019s face emptied.<\/p>\n<p>No uncertain record now.<\/p>\n<p>At least according to Eleanor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCancer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid she ask about me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam looked away from camera.<\/p>\n<p>Peter continued quietly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe had searched for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough Mercer?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. She was terrified Mercer would find her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid she know Charles had me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEventually.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe believed approaching you would put you at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam laughed.<\/p>\n<p>There it was again.<\/p>\n<p>Protection.<\/p>\n<p>Fear.<\/p>\n<p>Silence.<\/p>\n<p>All the same language.<\/p>\n<p>Peter said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe wrote letters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam looked back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwelve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere are they?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter touched the canvas bag beside him.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody moved.<\/p>\n<p>He lifted it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI brought them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam stared.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese should go through counsel and evidence review.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam whispered:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was the first thing he had said that nobody contested.<\/p>\n<p>The letters were transferred.<\/p>\n<p>Not read aloud.<\/p>\n<p>Not summarized.<\/p>\n<p>Adam received digital copies privately after investigators confirmed they contained no operational Mercer instructions.<\/p>\n<p>He disappeared from every call for the rest of the day.<\/p>\n<p>The next morning, he contacted me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI read them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I waited.<\/p>\n<p>He said nothing for almost a minute.<\/p>\n<p>Then:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe wanted me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My throat tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m glad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe tried to find me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m glad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe still stayed away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m angry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeter says she loved me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat can also be true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam breathed.<\/p>\n<p>Then:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wants to meet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeter?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow do you feel?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen don\u2019t decide today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He laughed softly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou people keep saying that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnnoyingly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I sat on the porch while we spoke.<\/p>\n<p>Luca was inside with Claire.<\/p>\n<p>Grace was meeting Julia Martin that afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Noah was finishing exams.<\/p>\n<p>Life had begun moving alongside the investigation instead of inside it.<\/p>\n<p>Adam asked:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you think Peter is my father?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiologically?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe DNA says probably.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat isn\u2019t what I mean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I understood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was silent.<\/p>\n<p>I continued:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiology answers one question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat question?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere something started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd father?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam exhaled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichael was your father.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though I\u2019m biological.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes that bother you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I laughed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re becoming annoying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFamily trait.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We were both quiet.<\/p>\n<p>Then Adam said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spent years thinking if I found Peter, I\u2019d know who I was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI found him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe that was never his job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam breathed slowly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then he told me he planned to meet Peter.<\/p>\n<p>Not as father and son.<\/p>\n<p>Not yet.<\/p>\n<p>As two adults with history.<\/p>\n<p>I told him that sounded reasonable.<\/p>\n<p>He said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t get used to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before hanging up, he added:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeter says there\u2019s one Mercer account nobody has found.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat kind?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot operations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRestitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stopped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoney for victims?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe doesn\u2019t know current value.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho controls it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam answered:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody in the families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That sounded impossible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho does?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe says Eleanor Carter built it with Rachel Monroe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe doesn\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why mention it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Peter says the instructions were left with Michael.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My father.<\/p>\n<p>Again.<\/p>\n<p>Adam continued:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Michael hid them somewhere only Anne would understand.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=17793\">Click here to continue reading: PART 28: Anne Found Michael\u2019s Restitution Instructions in the Most Ordinary Place He Could Have Hidden Them, and Grace, Noah, Luca, and the Rest of Us Finally Ended Mercer Without Pretending the Damage Had Ended With It<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Sloan contacted federal investigators before they found him. 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