{"id":18961,"date":"2026-09-24T16:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T16:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=18961"},"modified":"2026-09-24T16:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T16:14:12","slug":"part-7-roy-denied-taking-sandras-letter-until-arthurs-hidden-camera-record-showed-exactly-who-entered-the-office-before-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=18961","title":{"rendered":"PART 7 \u2013 Roy Denied Taking Sandra\u2019s Letter Until Arthur\u2019s Hidden Camera Record Showed Exactly Who Entered the Office Before His Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Roy\u2019s answer came too late.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sandra stared at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou hesitated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m tired of being interrogated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat wasn\u2019t the question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t take your letter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Katz closed the bank box.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can resolve part of this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy looked at him suspiciously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArthur installed a security system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had cameras outside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd one inside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I turned toward him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArthur\u2019s office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy went still.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou didn\u2019t know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neither had I.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur had surprised me repeatedly that morning, but this felt different.<\/p>\n<p>A camera inside our home.<\/p>\n<p>I tried to reconcile it with the man I knew.<\/p>\n<p>Then I remembered the missing medication.<\/p>\n<p>The searched drawers.<\/p>\n<p>The quiet war Arthur had apparently been fighting from his bed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen did he install it?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout five months before his death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s when the pills started disappearing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy\u2019s expression hardened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo Dad was spying on us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Katz corrected him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArthur was recording access to his private office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s spying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCall it whatever makes you comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy laughed without humor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing about this is comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat may have been Arthur\u2019s point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sandra stood beside the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere are the recordings?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStored off-site.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCopies are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy\u2019s eyes narrowed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave you watched them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly the clips Arthur specifically asked me to preserve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConvenient.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Katz looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We completed the bank paperwork in silence.<\/p>\n<p>The box was locked again, though I kept the photograph, Daniel\u2019s letters, the DNA result, the agreement and Margaret\u2019s emerald ring according to Arthur\u2019s instructions.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra held the ring only once.<\/p>\n<p>She did not put it on.<\/p>\n<p>She turned it between her fingers and whispered, \u201cMom told me she lost this during the divorce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then she returned it to the velvet case.<\/p>\n<p>On the drive back to Mr. Katz\u2019s office, nobody rode with Roy.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra asked to come with me.<\/p>\n<p>She sat beside me silently for most of the trip.<\/p>\n<p>At a stoplight she said, \u201cI hated you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The words were so unexpected I almost missed the green signal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. You knew I didn\u2019t like you. That\u2019s different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I drove.<\/p>\n<p>She looked out the window.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Dad married you, I thought you were replacing Mom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never wanted to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The admission was painful rather than comforting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought Dad had erased her. New wife, new life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe never erased her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sandra nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what I\u2019m learning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We drove another block.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy didn\u2019t he tell me about Daniel?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou were married to him nine years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe test was nine years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou really didn\u2019t know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She looked at me carefully.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, I did not see suspicion.<\/p>\n<p>I saw a woman reconsidering an entire structure she had used to explain her father.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought you knew everything about him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo did I.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She almost smiled.<\/p>\n<p>Then she looked down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI took your tray.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI noticed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll bring it back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t take it because it was valuable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy did you take it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She rubbed her thumb along the seam of her handbag.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I was angry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She swallowed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw you carrying plates after the funeral. People were asking you what you needed. Calling you Arthur\u2019s widow. Asking if you wanted company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her eyes became wet again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like a guest in my father\u2019s house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I understood more than I wanted to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you took something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething that belonged to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo prove I could.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At least it was honest.<\/p>\n<p>The answer did not excuse it.<\/p>\n<p>But it was honest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sorry,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>I nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She looked surprised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m still angry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat seems fair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We returned to Mr. Katz\u2019s office just after one.<\/p>\n<p>Roy\u2019s car was already outside.<\/p>\n<p>He stood beside it speaking on his phone.<\/p>\n<p>When he saw us, he ended the call immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra noticed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho was that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou told them you\u2019d be gone all day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy stared at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve become very interested in my schedule.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve become very interested in lying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He walked toward the building.<\/p>\n<p>Inside, Mr. Katz asked his receptionist to bring a laptop into the conference room.<\/p>\n<p>This time nobody complained about the seating.<\/p>\n<p>He opened a password-protected folder.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur had labeled the files himself.<\/p>\n<p>Office Entry\u2014August.<\/p>\n<p>Office Entry\u2014October.<\/p>\n<p>Medication\u2014December.<\/p>\n<p>Desk\u2014January.<\/p>\n<p>Roy looked away.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Katz clicked the January file.<\/p>\n<p>The image appeared from a camera mounted high in one corner of Arthur\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>There was no audio.<\/p>\n<p>The date read January 10.<\/p>\n<p>Three days after the envelope note.<\/p>\n<p>The office was empty.<\/p>\n<p>Then Sandra entered.<\/p>\n<p>She looked over her shoulder before closing the door.<\/p>\n<p>I watched her open Arthur\u2019s desk.<\/p>\n<p>She removed the envelope.<\/p>\n<p>Even knowing she had admitted it, seeing the act made my stomach tighten.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra sat at the desk.<\/p>\n<p>For almost a minute she held the envelope without opening it.<\/p>\n<p>Then she put it inside her handbag and left.<\/p>\n<p>The recording accelerated.<\/p>\n<p>January 12.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra returned.<\/p>\n<p>She removed the envelope from her bag.<\/p>\n<p>She placed it back into the drawer.<\/p>\n<p>Exactly as she had said.<\/p>\n<p>Her shoulders sagged with relief.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy said nothing.<\/p>\n<p>The recording continued.<\/p>\n<p>January 18.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur entered in his wheelchair.<\/p>\n<p>Alone.<\/p>\n<p>That surprised me.<\/p>\n<p>He must have rolled himself from the living room while I was showering or doing laundry.<\/p>\n<p>He moved slowly to the desk.<\/p>\n<p>Opened the drawer.<\/p>\n<p>Found the envelope.<\/p>\n<p>He held it for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>Then he removed several pages.<\/p>\n<p>My chest tightened.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur placed the pages into another envelope.<\/p>\n<p>He sealed it.<\/p>\n<p>Then he returned one sheet to Sandra\u2019s original envelope.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo Dad changed it,\u201d Sandra whispered.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Katz nodded.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur placed Sandra\u2019s envelope back into the drawer.<\/p>\n<p>He put the second envelope inside a leather portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>Then he wheeled himself out.<\/p>\n<p>Roy exhaled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere. Mystery solved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Katz did not stop the video.<\/p>\n<p>January 23.<\/p>\n<p>Roy entered the office.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody moved.<\/p>\n<p>On-screen Roy walked directly to the desk.<\/p>\n<p>No hesitation.<\/p>\n<p>No searching.<\/p>\n<p>He opened the second drawer.<\/p>\n<p>Removed Sandra\u2019s envelope.<\/p>\n<p>Opened it.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra turned toward him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou told me you never saw it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy watched the screen.<\/p>\n<p>On-screen, he read the page.<\/p>\n<p>Then he reached deeper into the drawer.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing.<\/p>\n<p>He searched other drawers.<\/p>\n<p>Opened folders.<\/p>\n<p>Checked beneath papers.<\/p>\n<p>He moved with increasing agitation.<\/p>\n<p>Finally he returned Sandra\u2019s letter to the drawer.<\/p>\n<p>Before leaving, he photographed it with his phone.<\/p>\n<p>The clip ended.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra stared at her brother.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou read it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy said nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou read Dad\u2019s letter to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to know what was happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were dealing with an estate worth millions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sentence silenced everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Roy realized what he had said.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra laughed softly.<\/p>\n<p>Not because anything was funny.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMillions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSandy\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what this was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was protecting both of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom being cut out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy our father.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy Helen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I spoke before Sandra could.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArthur made those decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy turned toward me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter you got inside his head.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Katz said, \u201cYou have been shown independent medical assessments, recorded statements, contemporaneous notes and legal records.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat much is becoming apparent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy\u2019s chair scraped the floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou think because Dad recorded himself rambling, that makes this clean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d Mr. Katz said. \u201cThe legal process makes it clean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy looked toward the door.<\/p>\n<p>Again, he did not leave.<\/p>\n<p>Money held him there.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra asked, \u201cWhat did Dad\u2019s letter say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy rubbed his jaw.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou read the version he left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. The one you photographed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was mostly the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMostly?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy looked trapped again.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra stood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was different?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He did not answer.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Katz said, \u201cArthur anticipated you might withhold that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy turned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer clicked another file.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur appeared on-screen alone.<\/p>\n<p>This one had audio.<\/p>\n<p>He sat at his desk, thinner than I remembered him then.<\/p>\n<p>In front of him lay Sandra\u2019s letter.<\/p>\n<p>He looked directly at the camera.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Roy reads Sandy\u2019s letter, he\u2019ll probably decide the part about Daniel concerns him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sandra\u2019s hand flew to her mouth.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy stared at the screen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoy, your sister\u2019s parentage does not change your inheritance, hers, or who she is to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His voice was firm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you use this information to hurt her, that choice belongs to you, not me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy looked down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI removed the pages about Daniel because Sandy deserves to hear that truth with context, not from a letter somebody else steals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sandra began crying.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur shifted painfully in his chair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI should have told her years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There was regret in his face unlike anything I had seen while he was alive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was afraid she\u2019d hear the word biological and think it erased every morning I packed her lunch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sandra covered her face.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur paused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy closed his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>The recording continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe second reason I removed those pages is Daniel contacted Roy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Everyone turned toward him.<\/p>\n<p>Roy\u2019s head came up.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra whispered, \u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Katz froze the video.<\/p>\n<p>No one spoke.<\/p>\n<p>I looked at Roy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra stepped toward him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen did Daniel contact you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy shook his head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Katz resumed the recording.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur answered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNovember seventeenth. Roy called Daniel Mercer from his cell phone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy cursed.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know everything they discussed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Katz paused again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou told us Daniel was nothing to do with the estate,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n<p>Roy\u2019s face flushed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe contacted me first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sandra stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou said he didn\u2019t contact you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou literally just said he didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy slammed his fist against the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll right!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sound echoed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe called me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know how he got my number.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat wasn\u2019t the question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy turned away.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra followed him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he want?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy spoke toward the wall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wanted money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe twenty-five thousand?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I felt the room change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>Roy hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFifty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFifty thousand?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat for?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy finally turned around.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said Dad had hidden assets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Katz\u2019s expression sharpened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat assets?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told you something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy rubbed his forehead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said Dad had money that didn\u2019t appear in the trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow would Daniel know that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe claimed Margaret knew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sandra whispered, \u201cMom?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said before she died, she told him Arthur kept one account separate because of something that happened at the fire department years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Katz sat back.<\/p>\n<p>I had never heard of such an account.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you believe him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy laughed bitterly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believed Dad kept secrets. Turns out I was right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you do?\u201d Sandra asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nobody believed him.<\/p>\n<p>He saw that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI checked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPublic records. Old tax documents. Whatever I could find.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you find the money?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur\u2019s image remained frozen on the laptop.<\/p>\n<p>His face seemed to watch us.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Katz resumed the video.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur said, \u201cRoy will tell you he found nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy went white.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra whispered, \u201cOh my God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur almost smiled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe did find something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The recording ended.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing followed.<\/p>\n<p>Roy stared at the black screen.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Katz tried another file.<\/p>\n<p>There were no more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you find?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>Roy looked at the door.<\/p>\n<p>Then at Sandra.<\/p>\n<p>Then at me.<\/p>\n<p>Finally he said, \u201cA company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat company?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA holding company Dad owned years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cName.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhitmore Safety Consulting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The name meant nothing to me.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Katz, however, stopped moving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know it,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n<p>He removed his glasses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArthur\u2019s private consulting business after he retired from the fire department.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told me he did consulting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy laughed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe left out the part where he sold it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My heart thudded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor how much?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy looked directly at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEight million dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The room blurred for a second.<\/p>\n<p>I gripped the back of a chair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Katz\u2019s voice was quiet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I turned toward him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew the company had been sold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere is the money?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is the question Arthur instructed us to answer next.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy\u2019s expression shifted.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time all day, confidence returned.<\/p>\n<p>Because whatever else Arthur had changed, eight million dollars was enough to create hope.<\/p>\n<p>Enough to revive entitlement.<\/p>\n<p>Enough to make a grieving family dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Katz opened a locked drawer.<\/p>\n<p>From it, he removed one final sealed envelope.<\/p>\n<p>Across the front Arthur had written:<\/p>\n<p>TO BE OPENED ONLY AFTER ROY ADMITS HE FOUND THE COMPANY.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Katz set it on the table.<\/p>\n<p>Roy stared at his father\u2019s handwriting.<\/p>\n<p>Then he whispered, \u201cHe knew everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Katz looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His hand rested on the envelope.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut he knew you.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=18962\">Click here to continue reading: PART 8: The Eight-Million-Dollar Sale Was Real, but Arthur Had Already Decided What the Money Would Test Before Any of Us Knew It Existed<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roy\u2019s answer came too late. \u201cNo.\u201d Sandra stared at him. \u201cYou hesitated.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m tired of being interrogated.\u201d \u201cThat wasn\u2019t the question.\u201d \u201cI didn\u2019t take your letter.\u201d Mr. Katz closed the &hellip; 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