{"id":20207,"date":"2026-09-25T16:41:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T16:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=20207"},"modified":"2026-09-25T16:41:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T16:41:35","slug":"part-10-dads-real-target-was-never-the-hidden-cello-it-was-grandmas-signature-and-he-had-already-built-a-plan-to-force-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=20207","title":{"rendered":"PART 10 \u2013 Dad\u2019s Real Target Was Never the Hidden Cello\u2014It Was Grandma\u2019s Signature, and He Had Already Built a Plan to Force It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grandma stared at the phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy signature?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harvey coughed softly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Andrew pulled a chair closer to her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExplain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe old corporate interest passed through Eleanor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harvey spoke slowly now.<\/p>\n<p>Whether from age or caution, I couldn\u2019t tell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder the original trust structure, Margaret is the last living person who can authenticate Eleanor\u2019s direct transfer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandma frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never signed anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou would have to now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Richard?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor anyone attempting to establish the claim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Andrew\u2019s eyes narrowed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd without Margaret?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe certificates are evidence, but weak evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happens when she dies?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandma gave Andrew a look.<\/p>\n<p>He grimaced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLegally speaking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harvey answered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe claim becomes more complicated but passes through her estate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd who did Richard believe inherited the estate?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silence.<\/p>\n<p>Then Grandma said, \u201cUntil six weeks ago, he believed he did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n<p>Of course.<\/p>\n<p>Dad thought everything eventually flowed toward him.<\/p>\n<p>House.<\/p>\n<p>Estate.<\/p>\n<p>Family property.<\/p>\n<p>Authority.<\/p>\n<p>Harvey said, \u201cWhen did you change the will?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandma looked at Andrew.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dad didn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n<p>I saw that immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel did too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho inherits now?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n<p>Grandma\u2019s voice became dry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is not tonight\u2019s emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under different circumstances, I might have laughed.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew asked Harvey whether Dad could use Grandma\u2019s signature without her cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith forgery, perhaps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandma looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWould that work?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot easily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I hold the ledger. The final documentation requires independent verification.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo he needs you too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEventually.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harvey paused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut he may believe he can get enough from you to borrow against the claim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There it was.<\/p>\n<p>Not ownership.<\/p>\n<p>Leverage.<\/p>\n<p>Dad\u2019s favorite method.<\/p>\n<p>Use uncertain assets to borrow money.<\/p>\n<p>Use borrowed money to solve previous debts.<\/p>\n<p>Create another problem.<\/p>\n<p>Move forward as if momentum were stability.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew looked toward the police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need security at Margaret\u2019s residence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandma shook her head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re definitely not going alone anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did not say alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe go to the cabin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter everything Harvey just said?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDad gave us the address.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich means he expects us there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s called a reason not to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandma\u2019s mouth twitched.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour grandfather once said you argued like a prosecutor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Andrew stepped in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not improvising this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He spoke to the officers.<\/p>\n<p>One contacted the Lake Mercer jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>Another asked for the cabin property records.<\/p>\n<p>Harvey stayed on the call.<\/p>\n<p>The cabin still belonged to Hawthorne Asset Services.<\/p>\n<p>Dad had bought it through the shell company eighteen years earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Grandma looked sick.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe bought Harold\u2019s cabin back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApparently,\u201d Andrew said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nobody needed to answer.<\/p>\n<p>Dad had been searching.<\/p>\n<p>For years.<\/p>\n<p>He had purchased the property in secret because he suspected Grandpa hid something there.<\/p>\n<p>But if he never found the cello, he must not have known exactly where to look.<\/p>\n<p>Harvey said, \u201cThe north wall is stone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandma nodded slowly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fireplace wall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBehind it is a narrow service cavity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow do you access it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t. Not without removing stone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo Dad could have owned the cabin eighteen years without finding it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rachel rubbed her arms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is insane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandma looked toward the recovered cello.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. It is exactly the kind of thing Harold would have done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I glanced at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou sound almost proud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was married to him for fifty-three years. Irritation and admiration often occupied the same room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That sounded like them.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew ended the call after arranging for officers to check on Harvey.<\/p>\n<p>Then he turned to us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not going to the cabin until law enforcement clears it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandma opened her mouth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His tone surprised everyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can fire me tomorrow. Tonight, no.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She stared at him.<\/p>\n<p>Then sat down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rachel whispered to me, \u201cDid Grandma just lose an argument?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDocument the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She almost smiled.<\/p>\n<p>The relief lasted seconds.<\/p>\n<p>One of the officers approached.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLake Mercer units are twenty minutes out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s another issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course there was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTraffic camera hit on Richard\u2019s van.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe abandoned one?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. Another vehicle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dad had apparently switched cars near the river.<\/p>\n<p>A black sedan registered to Cedar Ridge Holdings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDirection?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNorth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toward Lake Mercer.<\/p>\n<p>Grandma stood again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo he is going to the cabin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The officer shook his head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCamera timestamp is almost two hours old.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen he may already be there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOr past it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Andrew asked for the route.<\/p>\n<p>The officer showed us a map.<\/p>\n<p>The highway continued past Lake Mercer.<\/p>\n<p>Farther north were smaller towns, forest, and eventually the state line.<\/p>\n<p>Harvey\u2019s senior community lay northwest.<\/p>\n<p>I looked at the map.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCould he be going toward Harvey?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPossible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandma\u2019s face tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCall him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We did.<\/p>\n<p>No answer.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew called the facility.<\/p>\n<p>A staff member answered.<\/p>\n<p>Then put us on hold.<\/p>\n<p>The next minute felt too long.<\/p>\n<p>Finally she returned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Dunn is not in his room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandma gripped the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe left about twenty minutes ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith who?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The staff member checked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told the desk his nephew was taking him for coffee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harvey had no nephew nearby.<\/p>\n<p>Grandma knew that immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDescription.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Staff saw an older man leave with someone wearing a cap and dark jacket.<\/p>\n<p>Security footage was being pulled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat car?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A dark sedan.<\/p>\n<p>My stomach dropped.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew\u2019s face went hard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCall police now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are already on site.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandma grabbed her purse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re leaving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This time Andrew did not argue.<\/p>\n<p>The plan changed.<\/p>\n<p>Police would search for Dad\u2019s sedan and Harvey.<\/p>\n<p>The cabin team would continue separately.<\/p>\n<p>Grandma, Rachel, and I were supposed to return home under escort.<\/p>\n<p>We left the storage facility with Lucy\u2019s cello in my vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>I drove slower than usual because rain made everything harder.<\/p>\n<p>Not the road.<\/p>\n<p>Memory.<\/p>\n<p>Every set of headlights behind me became Daniel\u2019s final drive.<\/p>\n<p>Every brake light ahead became accusation.<\/p>\n<p>Grandma sat beside me.<\/p>\n<p>She noticed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you want me to drive?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>She raised an eyebrow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll right. Bad idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite everything, I laughed.<\/p>\n<p>In the back seat, Rachel was quiet.<\/p>\n<p>After ten minutes she said, \u201cDo you hate me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked in the mirror.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cello.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou suggested selling something valuable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew it might be Lucy\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was awful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Dad made the decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still helped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She looked out the window.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI keep thinking about how he used my money to keep me close.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I said nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI liked being the favorite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That honesty surprised me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew you got less.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her voice shook.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told myself it was because I appreciated him more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My hands tightened on the wheel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told myself you were difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said that a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We drove for several seconds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She looked at me in the mirror.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you want me to say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m still angry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn apology doesn\u2019t erase twenty years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it matters that you said it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She wiped her face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOkay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandma stared ahead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rachel almost laughed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrandma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My phone rang through the car system.<\/p>\n<p>Denise.<\/p>\n<p>I answered immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLucy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My shoulders loosened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe wanted to know whether you\u2019re bringing the cello.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s in the car.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From the background came Lucy\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReally?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I smiled despite myself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you put me on speaker?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandma smiled.<\/p>\n<p>Lucy asked, \u201cIs Great-Grandma there?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, sweetheart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid she tell you about the other cello?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandma went still.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My hands tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLucy, how do you know about that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silence.<\/p>\n<p>Denise said, \u201cWait. What?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lucy sounded confused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe man told me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Everything in the car changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat man?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one who called before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My heart pounded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou talked to him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a minute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Denise said, \u201cI didn\u2019t know that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lucy explained.<\/p>\n<p>After Denise answered the anonymous call, she went into the kitchen to get water.<\/p>\n<p>The phone rang again.<\/p>\n<p>This time Lucy answered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe asked if Great-Grandma was there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said no.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat else?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe asked if you found my cello.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandma closed her eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said yes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Denise whispered, \u201cLucy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought he was helping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s okay,\u201d I said quickly.<\/p>\n<p>I forced my voice to remain calm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he tell you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said the one we found wasn\u2019t the one Grandpa wants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I glanced at Grandma.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat else?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said there was another one hidden somewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he say where?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he say who he was?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lucy hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut he knew my name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My blood went cold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he say anything about Grandpa?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said Grandpa is scared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandma looked toward me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScared of what?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said Grandpa found out Great-Grandma changed everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandma\u2019s face became still.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat everything?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe didn\u2019t say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then Lucy added, \u201cHe told me Grandpa thinks Great-Grandma is leaving the house to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rachel\u2019s head snapped forward.<\/p>\n<p>Grandma said nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs that true?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>She looked out the windshield.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rachel inhaled.<\/p>\n<p>Not angry.<\/p>\n<p>Stunned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou changed the house to Emily?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandma\u2019s voice remained calm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI changed it to Lucy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I almost hit the brake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe house will belong to Lucy through a trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrandma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not relevant now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very relevant if Dad knows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her face tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dad believed the house was coming to him.<\/p>\n<p>Then learned he was being evicted from it.<\/p>\n<p>Now somehow he had also learned that Lucy\u2014not me, not Rachel\u2014would eventually own it.<\/p>\n<p>Another thing skipping him entirely.<\/p>\n<p>Another thing he could not control.<\/p>\n<p>Lucy\u2019s voice came through the speaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would I get the house?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandma softened immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause that is what I decided.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause someday you may want it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat if I don\u2019t?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandma smiled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen you will decide what happens to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lucy considered that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOkay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandma\u2019s smile widened.<\/p>\n<p>That answer pleased her.<\/p>\n<p>Ownership without obligation.<\/p>\n<p>Choice without guilt.<\/p>\n<p>Exactly what Dad had never understood.<\/p>\n<p>Then Denise said, \u201cThere\u2019s a car outside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I straightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt just stopped across the street.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you see who\u2019s in it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not go outside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rachel leaned forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat kind?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Denise described a black sedan.<\/p>\n<p>My stomach dropped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet Lucy away from the windows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I pressed harder on the accelerator.<\/p>\n<p>Grandma said, \u201cEmily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I forced myself to slow.<\/p>\n<p>Rushing in rain would help no one.<\/p>\n<p>Denise locked the doors.<\/p>\n<p>I called police on another line.<\/p>\n<p>The patrol unit assigned to my house was two blocks away.<\/p>\n<p>They were coming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStay with me,\u201d I told Denise.<\/p>\n<p>We remained connected.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty seconds.<\/p>\n<p>One minute.<\/p>\n<p>Then Denise whispered, \u201cSomeone got out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lucy asked, \u201cIs it Grandpa?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Denise didn\u2019t answer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho is it?\u201d I demanded.<\/p>\n<p>She moved carefully toward the side of a window.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her voice changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not Richard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen who?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before she could answer, the doorbell rang.<\/p>\n<p>Lucy screamed.<\/p>\n<p>Denise said, \u201cStay back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police arrived almost simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p>Red and blue lights flashed across Denise\u2019s windows.<\/p>\n<p>A male voice shouted from outside.<\/p>\n<p>Then another.<\/p>\n<p>Then silence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDenise?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe police have him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She moved toward the window again.<\/p>\n<p>Then said a name I had never heard before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvan Cross.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martin\u2019s missing assistant.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=20215\">Click here to continue reading: PART 11: Martin\u2019s Missing Assistant Came to Lucy\u2019s Door With the Truth About Dad\u2014and a Receipt for Something Even More Dangerous Than Money<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grandma stared at the phone. \u201cMy signature?\u201d Harvey coughed softly. \u201cYes.\u201d Andrew pulled a chair closer to her. \u201cExplain.\u201d \u201cThe old corporate interest passed through Eleanor.\u201d Harvey spoke slowly now. &hellip; 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