{"id":23106,"date":"2026-09-27T20:19:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T20:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=23106"},"modified":"2026-09-27T20:19:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T20:19:23","slug":"part-6-derek-followed-his-fathers-paper-trail-to-an-old-clinic-where-one-missing-hour-raised-questions-no-one-could-easily-explain-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=23106","title":{"rendered":"PART 6 \u2013 Derek Followed His Father\u2019s Paper Trail to an Old Clinic, Where One Missing Hour Raised Questions No One Could Easily Explain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The auto shop was locked down within ten minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Officer Martinez moved Derek away from the front windows.<\/p>\n<p>Carlos shut the garage bays.<\/p>\n<p>Another patrol unit circled the block.<\/p>\n<p>The photograph Olivia had received showed Derek from an angle that could only have come from the parking lot across the street.<\/p>\n<p>The photographer had been close.<\/p>\n<p>Close enough to see the letter in his hands.<\/p>\n<p>Derek stood behind the office wall staring at the darkened window.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, he understood what Olivia had lived with for weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Not dramatic danger.<\/p>\n<p>Not an obvious attack.<\/p>\n<p>Something worse in its own way.<\/p>\n<p>The knowledge that ordinary moments were no longer private.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca stood beside him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to assume they know you\u2019re cooperating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho is they?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is still the question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy mother?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPossibly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek turned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPossibly?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have evidence tying Marjorie to financial misconduct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFraud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cForgery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThreats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd a man who\u2019s been following both of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca kept her voice measured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we don\u2019t have is proof she ordered the surveillance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek almost snapped at her.<\/p>\n<p>Then he remembered Olivia saying the same thing.<\/p>\n<p>Facts first.<\/p>\n<p>He forced himself to sit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happens now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou go home with police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca folded her arms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat wasn\u2019t a suggestion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going back to an empty apartment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen a hotel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want the clinic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat clinic?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one my father visited the night he died.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca\u2019s expression changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow do you know about that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOlivia told me there was a recording.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe told you about the clinic?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca pulled out her phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are not going there tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause it\u2019s nearly midnight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen first thing tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re meeting Olivia tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can do both.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek stared at her.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca lowered her voice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour entire problem is that you keep treating urgency as permission to override everybody else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That landed.<\/p>\n<p>Derek looked away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It took effort to say it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do it Olivia\u2019s way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The next morning arrived gray and strangely cool.<\/p>\n<p>Derek barely slept.<\/p>\n<p>At 6:12 a.m., he woke in a hotel room provided through police arrangements, stared at the ceiling and forgot for three seconds why he was there.<\/p>\n<p>Then everything returned at once.<\/p>\n<p>Olivia leaving.<\/p>\n<p>The bank card.<\/p>\n<p>The videos.<\/p>\n<p>His father\u2019s letter.<\/p>\n<p>The photograph through the shop window.<\/p>\n<p>He sat up.<\/p>\n<p>There were no new messages.<\/p>\n<p>At 7:40, Rebecca arrived.<\/p>\n<p>At 8:15, they entered a small conference room at an attorney\u2019s office where Olivia waited with Lieutenant Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Derek stopped when he saw her.<\/p>\n<p>She looked exactly the same as the day before and completely different.<\/p>\n<p>Her hair was tied back.<\/p>\n<p>Dark circles shadowed her eyes.<\/p>\n<p>A paper cup sat untouched in front of her.<\/p>\n<p>He wanted to walk to her.<\/p>\n<p>He did not.<\/p>\n<p>Olivia noticed that.<\/p>\n<p>Something small shifted in her expression.<\/p>\n<p>Derek sat across from her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No hug.<\/p>\n<p>No accusation.<\/p>\n<p>No discussion of the divorce papers.<\/p>\n<p>Harris placed several folders on the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re keeping this focused.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Everyone agreed.<\/p>\n<p>He reviewed what was known.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Hale had died eight years earlier.<\/p>\n<p>The family narrative was that he suffered a sudden cardiac event at home.<\/p>\n<p>However, a private clinic record placed him elsewhere earlier that evening.<\/p>\n<p>An audio recording placed Marjorie with him.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas expressed concern about documents she wanted signed.<\/p>\n<p>The trust records showed Thomas intended to preserve part of the old property for Derek.<\/p>\n<p>Later applications appeared to use Derek\u2019s identity in efforts to borrow against that same property.<\/p>\n<p>Harris looked around the room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNone of that proves criminal responsibility for Thomas Hale\u2019s death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek nodded.<\/p>\n<p>He hated the sentence.<\/p>\n<p>He also understood why it had to be said.<\/p>\n<p>Olivia slid a photocopy toward him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the clinic record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek read it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis place still exists?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes,\u201d Rebecca said. \u201cDifferent owners. Same building.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone from that time still there?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne nurse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek looked up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cName?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvelyn Porter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you speak to her?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olivia shook her head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI located her yesterday. I didn\u2019t contact her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause once I realized somebody was following me, I stopped making direct approaches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek nodded.<\/p>\n<p>Again, careful.<\/p>\n<p>Again, disciplined.<\/p>\n<p>Everything he had not been.<\/p>\n<p>Harris said, \u201cWe\u2019ll contact her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis morning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek felt impatience rise.<\/p>\n<p>He caught it.<\/p>\n<p>Let it pass.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOkay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olivia noticed.<\/p>\n<p>She looked down at the table.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca opened another folder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also obtained the archived county property filings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek leaned forward.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas had created the trust twelve days before his death.<\/p>\n<p>It had not been fully recorded until three weeks afterward.<\/p>\n<p>The delay was odd but not necessarily improper.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Price, Thomas\u2019s attorney, had completed the filing.<\/p>\n<p>Marjorie\u2019s name appeared as temporary administrator on several related forms.<\/p>\n<p>Derek frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe knew about all of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes,\u201d Rebecca said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut told me the house was sold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy did nobody contact me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome notices were mailed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo where?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca slid another sheet forward.<\/p>\n<p>Derek read the address.<\/p>\n<p>His mother\u2019s house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was receiving my mail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt that time, yes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He sat back.<\/p>\n<p>He had been twenty-four.<\/p>\n<p>Living in an apartment across town.<\/p>\n<p>Working long hours.<\/p>\n<p>Marjorie had told him she would handle the estate because he was grieving.<\/p>\n<p>He had been grateful.<\/p>\n<p>He remembered thanking her.<\/p>\n<p>His stomach turned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat about Dad\u2019s will?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olivia looked at Rebecca.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca answered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe found two versions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne filed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne not?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne earlier draft.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich one left me the property?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe draft and the trust both preserved your interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the filed will?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMuch less specific.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho filed it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarjorie, through Samuel Price.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek rubbed his jaw.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Price know there were two versions?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The conference-room door opened.<\/p>\n<p>A young officer stepped in and spoke quietly to Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Harris stood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvelyn Porter agreed to speak with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek looked at the clock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy video.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Twenty minutes later, a screen at the end of the conference table lit up.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn Porter appeared from what looked like a home office.<\/p>\n<p>She was in her sixties.<\/p>\n<p>Silver hair.<\/p>\n<p>Reading glasses hanging from a chain.<\/p>\n<p>Harris introduced everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn listened.<\/p>\n<p>Then he asked whether she remembered Thomas Hale.<\/p>\n<p>Her answer came immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek\u2019s pulse quickened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe argued with his wife in our parking lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olivia\u2019s eyes shifted toward Derek.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe clinic was small then. We knew when anything unusual happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat brought Mr. Hale in?\u201d Harris asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChest discomfort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas he having a heart attack?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t diagnose from memory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was frightened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek leaned forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf dying?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re his son?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her expression softened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe seemed frightened of leaving with his wife.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nobody moved.<\/p>\n<p>Harris asked, \u201cCan you explain?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn looked away from the screen, searching memory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis vitals weren\u2019t good. The physician recommended transfer to a hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy ambulance?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid that happen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Hale refused.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek\u2019s forehead tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat doesn\u2019t sound like him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember thinking the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot personally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause he changed his mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The room went silent.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first he agreed to transfer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis wife arrived.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarjorie Hale?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey spoke privately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExam room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWere you present?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn and out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you hear anything?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek\u2019s hands tightened beneath the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe kept saying they needed to go home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe said she had medication there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat medication?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Thomas agree?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEventually.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid the doctor approve?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe left against medical advice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek felt cold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he walk out?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn his own?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid my mother drive?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek looked at Olivia.<\/p>\n<p>Olivia did not move.<\/p>\n<p>Harris asked, \u201cDo you remember what time they left?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust after nine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOfficial death was at 10:41.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you ever speak with police afterward?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn\u2019s face changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy not?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody contacted me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris wrote something.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you learn he died?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe a week later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis wife called.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek looked sharply at the screen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy mother called you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did she say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn adjusted her glasses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe wanted copies of the clinic notes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you give them to her?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. We had privacy rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe became angry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat sounds like her,\u201d Derek said quietly.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn gave him a sympathetic look.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe asked whether anyone had documented that Thomas refused transport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris stopped writing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe specifically asked that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything else?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe asked whether he signed the refusal form.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca leaned forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you still have it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn shook her head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe clinic changed ownership. Old records were archived.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek\u2019s disappointment was immediate.<\/p>\n<p>Then Evelyn added, \u201cBut I kept something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Everyone froze.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d Harris asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA copy of the nursing note.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn looked uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I thought the situation was strange.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek felt his throat tighten.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you still have it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris sat straighter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease do not email it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll arrange collection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek could barely stay seated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does it say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt says your father initially agreed to hospital transfer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then refused.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat changed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn\u2019s voice softened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour mother arrived.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the call ended, nobody spoke for several seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Derek looked toward Olivia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew she existed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew there was a surviving nurse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut not what she remembered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He believed her.<\/p>\n<p>That mattered.<\/p>\n<p>Harris closed his notebook.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe still have no evidence of homicide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek nodded impatiently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need you to hear it anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThomas was medically unstable. He could have died naturally after leaving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarjorie pressuring him to leave the clinic would be concerning. It is not proof she caused his death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris studied him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca\u2019s phone buzzed.<\/p>\n<p>She read the message.<\/p>\n<p>Her expression tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She looked at Olivia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSamuel Price\u2019s old storage files were accessed last month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy whom?\u201d Olivia asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone using authorization in Marjorie Hale\u2019s name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek felt anger rise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did she take?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olivia leaned forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca checked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe day after I first requested the trust archive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silence.<\/p>\n<p>The timing was not coincidence.<\/p>\n<p>Not anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Derek looked at Olivia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo every time you got close, she knew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s something I\u2019ve been trying to figure out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek remembered the photographs.<\/p>\n<p>The surveillance.<\/p>\n<p>The break-in.<\/p>\n<p>Then another possibility occurred to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCould someone inside the attorney\u2019s office be telling her?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy office?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot yours. Whoever manages Price\u2019s archive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris wrote it down.<\/p>\n<p>Before anyone could continue, Olivia\u2019s phone vibrated.<\/p>\n<p>Unknown number.<\/p>\n<p>Every person at the table noticed.<\/p>\n<p>Olivia turned the screen over.<\/p>\n<p>A single message.<\/p>\n<p>You found Evelyn.<\/p>\n<p>Derek stood.<\/p>\n<p>Harris raised a hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey know who we contacted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said sit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek stayed standing for two seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Then sat.<\/p>\n<p>Harris looked at Olivia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not respond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t going to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another message arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Ask her what Thomas had in his pocket when he left.<\/p>\n<p>Olivia stared at the words.<\/p>\n<p>Derek\u2019s voice dropped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris looked toward the screen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re about to find out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He called Evelyn again.<\/p>\n<p>She answered on the second ring.<\/p>\n<p>Harris asked whether Thomas had carried anything when he left the clinic.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn\u2019s face changed immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn envelope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek leaned toward the screen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat envelope?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid my mother see it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you sure?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey argued over it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek looked at Olivia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened to it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn took off her glasses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThomas put it inside his coat before he left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nobody spoke.<\/p>\n<p>Derek\u2019s father had left the clinic alive.<\/p>\n<p>Medically unstable.<\/p>\n<p>With Marjorie.<\/p>\n<p>Carrying an envelope she wanted.<\/p>\n<p>And somewhere between 9:02 p.m. and 10:41 p.m., that envelope disappeared.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=23107\">Click here to continue reading: PART 7: The Envelope Thomas Carried Out of the Clinic Led Derek to a Locksmith, a Hidden Deposit Box, and His Mother\u2019s Greatest Fear<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The auto shop was locked down within ten minutes. 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