{"id":23043,"date":"2026-09-27T19:55:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T19:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=23043"},"modified":"2026-09-27T19:55:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T19:55:43","slug":"part-14-the-tracker-beneath-olivias-car-proved-the-surveillance-began-before-her-investigation-forcing-derek-to-question-who-had-been-watching-whom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=23043","title":{"rendered":"PART 14 \u2013 The Tracker Beneath Olivia\u2019s Car Proved the Surveillance Began Before Her Investigation, Forcing Derek to Question Who Had Been Watching Whom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Olivia stared at the photograph of the tracker without touching it.<\/p>\n<p>Three months earlier.<\/p>\n<p>That detail mattered more than the device itself.<\/p>\n<p>She had believed the surveillance began after she started requesting trust records.<\/p>\n<p>The activation date proved otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca looked through Olivia\u2019s timeline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen did you first contact me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFebruary twelfth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen did you install the apartment camera?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJanuary tenth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris checked the tracker record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActivation was December twenty-third.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore she caught Mom taking the card.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olivia looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore I suspected anything beyond boundary problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The implications spread slowly through the room.<\/p>\n<p>Someone had been interested in Olivia before she became an investigator.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Harris asked where Olivia had been around December twenty-third.<\/p>\n<p>She opened her calendar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWork. Home. Christmas shopping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny bank visits?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She thought.<\/p>\n<p>Then stopped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek watched her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI deposited the insurance reimbursement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat reimbursement?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe kitchen leak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He remembered.<\/p>\n<p>A pipe had burst the previous autumn.<\/p>\n<p>Their insurer issued a payment for repairs.<\/p>\n<p>Olivia had handled it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything unusual at the bank?\u201d Harris asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Marjorie know you were going?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olivia thought again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek closed his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I told her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olivia looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>He did not defend himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told Mom we finally got the insurance money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe asked whether the kitchen repairs were paid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris wrote it down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat doesn\u2019t establish a connection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d Derek said. \u201cBut it gave her information again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pattern was becoming unbearable in its consistency.<\/p>\n<p>Derek had treated household information as family gossip.<\/p>\n<p>Income.<\/p>\n<p>Insurance.<\/p>\n<p>Work schedules.<\/p>\n<p>Travel.<\/p>\n<p>Bank appointments.<\/p>\n<p>Passwords hinted at through stories.<\/p>\n<p>Marjorie had rarely needed to steal information because Derek volunteered so much of it.<\/p>\n<p>Olivia sat back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDecember twenty-third was also when I changed our online banking password.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw a failed login.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou never told me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He searched his memory.<\/p>\n<p>Then found it.<\/p>\n<p>Olivia mentioning a login alert while they were eating dinner.<\/p>\n<p>Derek saying it was probably a system error.<\/p>\n<p>His face tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olivia nodded.<\/p>\n<p>Harris asked whether she had retained the alert.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course she had.<\/p>\n<p>The IP address associated with the failed login had already expired from easy bank access, but investigators requested archived records.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the tracker itself produced useful information.<\/p>\n<p>It was sold through a private-security supplier.<\/p>\n<p>Purchaser records existed.<\/p>\n<p>The device had been bought in cash from a reseller.<\/p>\n<p>No immediate name.<\/p>\n<p>But the activation account had been created with an email address.<\/p>\n<p>A false identity.<\/p>\n<p>The recovery email, however, ended with a domain Rebecca recognized.<\/p>\n<p>Cedar Ridge.<\/p>\n<p>Harris looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re sure?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leonard Voss\u2019s company had used the same domain years earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Derek stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo Voss tracked her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone with access to Cedar Ridge systems activated the device.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich could be Voss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOr Kline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPotentially.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOr Mom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPotentially.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek rubbed his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>He hated learning to speak in possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>It was necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Harris arranged for both Derek\u2019s truck and Rebecca\u2019s car to be inspected.<\/p>\n<p>Derek\u2019s truck had a tracker too.<\/p>\n<p>Older.<\/p>\n<p>Installed almost seven months earlier.<\/p>\n<p>He stared at the technician.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeven months?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That predated Olivia\u2019s suspicions.<\/p>\n<p>It predated Marjorie\u2019s repeated card thefts.<\/p>\n<p>It predated nearly everything.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca asked the obvious question.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy track Derek?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek already suspected the answer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy signature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Everyone looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they were trying to submit paperwork in my name, they needed to know where I was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olivia nodded slowly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOr when you weren\u2019t home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was worse.<\/p>\n<p>The tracker could have helped Marjorie know when the apartment was empty.<\/p>\n<p>Harris checked the activation account.<\/p>\n<p>Same Cedar Ridge domain.<\/p>\n<p>The surveillance was systematic.<\/p>\n<p>Not improvised after Olivia became suspicious.<\/p>\n<p>Someone connected to Cedar Ridge had monitored Derek first.<\/p>\n<p>Then Olivia.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca\u2019s vehicle was clean.<\/p>\n<p>She looked almost offended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApparently I\u2019m not interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris said, \u201cGive it time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She did not laugh.<\/p>\n<p>That afternoon, Leonard Voss was confronted with the tracker evidence.<\/p>\n<p>His attorney was present.<\/p>\n<p>The interview lasted three hours.<\/p>\n<p>Harris returned afterward looking exhausted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe admits purchasing trackers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek leaned forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Kline?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Cedar Ridge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho told him to put one on my truck?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarjorie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek closed his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Olivia\u2019s?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Voss claimed that order came from Stephen Kline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d Olivia asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Kline became concerned after the failed bank login.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olivia frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow would he know about that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVoss says Marjorie attempted the login.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek looked down.<\/p>\n<p>His mother again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was she trying to access?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe joint account.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe wanted to see whether the insurance deposit had arrived.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olivia\u2019s jaw tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe had no right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris continued.<\/p>\n<p>According to Voss, Marjorie owed Kline more than $300,000 across years of rolled-over private loans, fees and penalties.<\/p>\n<p>Derek stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree hundred thousand?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPossibly more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did she spend it on?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome covered earlier debt. Some living expenses. Some repayments. Some transfers remain unexplained.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek thought of Marjorie\u2019s modest house.<\/p>\n<p>Her ordinary clothes.<\/p>\n<p>Her constant claims that money was tight.<\/p>\n<p>There had been no luxury life.<\/p>\n<p>Only debt feeding debt.<\/p>\n<p>A machine consuming itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKline wanted Dad\u2019s house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd after Dad died, my share prevented Mom from using it freely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo they needed me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek looked at Olivia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd once I married her, they needed to know what she knew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat appears plausible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olivia asked, \u201cWhy not simply ask Derek to sign?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek answered before Harris could.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Everyone looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>He remembered.<\/p>\n<p>Two years earlier, Marjorie had brought papers to dinner.<\/p>\n<p>She said they concerned property taxes.<\/p>\n<p>Derek had nearly signed.<\/p>\n<p>Olivia read them first.<\/p>\n<p>She found language referencing collateral.<\/p>\n<p>She stopped him.<\/p>\n<p>Marjorie became furious.<\/p>\n<p>Derek had blamed Olivia for embarrassing his mother.<\/p>\n<p>The memory sickened him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI almost signed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olivia\u2019s face remained still.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou signed the first page.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI stopped you before the notarized section.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He remembered now.<\/p>\n<p>Marjorie had taken the papers away angrily.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why they started forging.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca shook her head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot necessarily. We already have older questionable signatures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek exhaled.<\/p>\n<p>Always chronology.<\/p>\n<p>Always evidence.<\/p>\n<p>His phone rang.<\/p>\n<p>Marjorie.<\/p>\n<p>Harris nodded for him to answer on speaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her breathing sounded strained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you find the tracker?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know about Olivia\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek looked at Harris.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew about mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMom?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olivia closed her eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo know when you were home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The honesty surprised him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you could enter the apartment?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKline wanted schedules.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek\u2019s anger rose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou gave him my movements?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was trying to keep him satisfied.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou put a tracker on your son\u2019s truck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou let him follow my wife.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said I didn\u2019t know about hers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy should I believe you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marjorie had no answer.<\/p>\n<p>Derek continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere are you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t tell you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKline hurt you at the motel?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was your blood, wasn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olivia leaned forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marjorie heard her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A pause.<\/p>\n<p>Then Marjorie said, \u201cI\u2019m sorry about your card.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olivia\u2019s face changed.<\/p>\n<p>Not because the apology mattered enough.<\/p>\n<p>Because of how absurdly small it sounded now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou should be,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI needed cash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you stole from me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI intended\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t say borrowed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marjorie stopped.<\/p>\n<p>Olivia\u2019s voice stayed level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou took something without permission and repeatedly used it after I told you not to. Call it what it was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another pause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI stole it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek looked at Olivia.<\/p>\n<p>Months ago, he would have interrupted.<\/p>\n<p>Softened the language.<\/p>\n<p>Defended intention.<\/p>\n<p>Today he said nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Marjorie continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKline came to the motel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris motioned for Derek to keep her talking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI called him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou called the man you\u2019re hiding from?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought I could trade him something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe location of Martin\u2019s files.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olivia\u2019s jaw tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou were going to give him my father\u2019s records?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was desperate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olivia stood.<\/p>\n<p>Derek watched her.<\/p>\n<p>She did not speak.<\/p>\n<p>Marjorie continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKline knew police had Leonard. He thought Leonard would talk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI assumed so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened at the motel?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wanted proof I knew where the files were.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t give it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause police already had them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe hit me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek\u2019s hands tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis hand. I fell against the sink.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cut?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI grabbed broken glass when I fell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told him the files were somewhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI lied.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere did you send him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A pause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe old Hale house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek looked at Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Officers were immediately dispatched.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does he think is there?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe wall safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek remembered the hidden room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s in it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marjorie said nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething Thomas kept from me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never opened it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why would Kline want it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Thomas told him once that he had insurance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLife insurance?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInsurance against Cedar Ridge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca leaned forward.<\/p>\n<p>Documents.<\/p>\n<p>Another copy.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps something stronger.<\/p>\n<p>Derek said, \u201cCome to the police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, you can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKline will find me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe police can protect you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t know him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. Because you spent eight years making sure I didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sentence landed hard.<\/p>\n<p>Marjorie began crying quietly.<\/p>\n<p>Derek felt the old instinct.<\/p>\n<p>Comfort her.<\/p>\n<p>Tell her it would be okay.<\/p>\n<p>He resisted.<\/p>\n<p>Compassion did not require pretending.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMom, listen to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m listening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need to turn yourself in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t kill your father.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t say you did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou think I did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The answer surprised her into silence.<\/p>\n<p>Derek looked at Thomas\u2019s copied letter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDad was sick before you reached the clinic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marjorie breathed shakily.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe might have died even if you called immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut he asked for help and you delayed it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marjorie began to speak.<\/p>\n<p>Derek stopped her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not debating that with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou stole from him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou stole from me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou stole from Olivia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A whisper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou forged documents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She stopped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou covered things up because you were afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou kept doing it for eight years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek closed his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen come in and tell the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marjorie cried.<\/p>\n<p>For several seconds nobody in the room moved.<\/p>\n<p>Finally she said, \u201cI need one hour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDerek.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo more private solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His voice remained calm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo more one-hour fixes. No more emergencies that require everyone else to ignore the rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olivia looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>Derek continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTell Harris where you are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marjorie did not answer.<\/p>\n<p>Then the call disconnected.<\/p>\n<p>Harris immediately began tracing it.<\/p>\n<p>Partial location.<\/p>\n<p>West Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p>No exact address.<\/p>\n<p>At the old Hale house, officers found no Stephen Kline.<\/p>\n<p>But they found the hidden-room door open.<\/p>\n<p>The wall safe had been forced.<\/p>\n<p>Inside was almost nothing.<\/p>\n<p>One empty folder.<\/p>\n<p>One photograph.<\/p>\n<p>And a handwritten card taped to the rear wall.<\/p>\n<p>Harris received an image by phone.<\/p>\n<p>He enlarged it.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas\u2019s handwriting.<\/p>\n<p>If this safe is empty, ask Samuel Price about North Valley.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNorth Valley what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek looked at the card.<\/p>\n<p>Then remembered something from childhood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNorth Valley Cemetery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olivia turned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour father\u2019s buried there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Thomas\u2019s grave had never contained anything except his ashes.<\/p>\n<p>At least that was what Derek had always been told.<\/p>\n<p>Harris began issuing instructions.<\/p>\n<p>Derek stared at the photograph found inside the safe.<\/p>\n<p>It showed Thomas standing beside a cemetery memorial wall.<\/p>\n<p>He was pointing toward one specific plaque.<\/p>\n<p>Not his own.<\/p>\n<p>The name belonged to someone Derek had never heard of.<\/p>\n<p>ELIZABETH KLINE.<\/p>\n<p>Olivia read it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca searched quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Kline had died twelve years earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Kline\u2019s wife.<\/p>\n<p>Derek looked toward Harris.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would my father hide a picture of Kline\u2019s dead wife?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No one knew.<\/p>\n<p>Then Rebecca found a public probate record.<\/p>\n<p>Her expression changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElizabeth owned Cedar Ridge Holdings before Leonard Voss did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The room went silent.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Kline had not merely financed Marjorie through Cedar Ridge.<\/p>\n<p>The company had belonged to his wife.<\/p>\n<p>And Thomas had hidden a clue at her grave.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=23044\">Click here to continue reading: PART 15: A Cemetery Plaque Connected Stephen Kline\u2019s Dead Wife to Cedar Ridge and Revealed the Debt Marjorie Had Spent Years Trying to Hide<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olivia stared at the photograph of the tracker without touching it. 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