{"id":24950,"date":"2026-09-29T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=24950"},"modified":"2026-09-29T15:20:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T15:20:00","slug":"part-12-laura-bennett-came-out-of-the-locked-house-alive-and-her-first-statement-revealed-why-michael-needed-women-to-disappear-without-dying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=24950","title":{"rendered":"PART 12 \u2013 Laura Bennett Came Out of the Locked House Alive, and Her First Statement Revealed Why Michael Needed Women to Disappear Without Dying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Laura refused to speak to police at first.<\/p>\n<p>She asked for two things.<\/p>\n<p>A female doctor.<\/p>\n<p>And Eleanor.<\/p>\n<p>Not me.<\/p>\n<p>Not Margaret.<\/p>\n<p>Not Charles.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor.<\/p>\n<p>When she received the call, she looked confused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow does she know my name?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Malik answered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApparently she\u2019s been following Lauren\u2019s case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTelevision. Radio. Whoever kept her there didn\u2019t isolate her completely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was almost worse.<\/p>\n<p>Laura had known the outside world continued.<\/p>\n<p>She had watched Edward\u2019s name appear.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe mine.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe Danny\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>And she had remained trapped.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor drove to the hospital with investigators.<\/p>\n<p>I stayed with Aaron and Margaret.<\/p>\n<p>For three hours, we knew nothing except that Laura had no immediately life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p>She was dehydrated.<\/p>\n<p>Underweight.<\/p>\n<p>Sedated after a panic episode.<\/p>\n<p>No visible evidence of recent severe physical assault.<\/p>\n<p>But doctors suspected long-term medication exposure.<\/p>\n<p>That last detail made my stomach turn.<\/p>\n<p>Medication.<\/p>\n<p>Psychiatric labels.<\/p>\n<p>Controlled narratives.<\/p>\n<p>Always the same tools.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron barely spoke.<\/p>\n<p>He sat by the window with his knees drawn up, watching traffic move below Eleanor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>At eleven, he finally said, \u201cDo you think my mom was kept somewhere too?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to say no.<\/p>\n<p>Comfort required lies I could no longer justify.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat would you think?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d think every possibility deserves checking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s lawyer talk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m learning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He glanced at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re not a lawyer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. But apparently trauma provides continuing education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A tiny smile appeared.<\/p>\n<p>Then disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>He looked toward the dark glass.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t remember her voice very well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour mom?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He rubbed his palms against his jeans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember what she sounded like when she called my name from another room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That detail hurt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot actual sentences. Just Aaron.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He swallowed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hate that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat I remember Edward\u2019s voice from those phone calls better than hers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve been scared recently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrains are unfair about fear. They hold onto it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He considered that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDanny will remember too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you fix that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>The honesty surprised him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I can give him other things to remember.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOrdinary days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He stared at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose matter?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than I understood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At midnight, Eleanor returned.<\/p>\n<p>She looked exhausted.<\/p>\n<p>Laura had spoken for forty minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Then stopped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did she say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor set her bag down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe says Edward didn\u2019t imprison her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That surprised everyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho did?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichael.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The room went silent.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron closed his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Of course.<\/p>\n<p>Every path led back to the same father.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d Margaret asked.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor sat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Laura stole records.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Years earlier, while living with Edward, Laura discovered inconsistencies.<\/p>\n<p>She found Rebecca\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p>Old psychiatric documents.<\/p>\n<p>Trust correspondence.<\/p>\n<p>Charles\u2019s letters.<\/p>\n<p>She copied everything she could.<\/p>\n<p>Then she confronted Edward.<\/p>\n<p>He threatened to portray her as unstable.<\/p>\n<p>Laura fled before he could.<\/p>\n<p>So far, that matched what Margaret had told us.<\/p>\n<p>But after leaving Edward, Laura contacted Michael.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would she do that?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe thought his father could stop him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A reasonable mistake.<\/p>\n<p>Michael met her secretly.<\/p>\n<p>He offered protection.<\/p>\n<p>Money.<\/p>\n<p>A new identity.<\/p>\n<p>In exchange, Laura gave him copies of Edward\u2019s records.<\/p>\n<p>Another woman recruited into the machinery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he protect her?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a while.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Laura moved states.<\/p>\n<p>Changed names.<\/p>\n<p>Worked under the table.<\/p>\n<p>Then she learned Michael had manipulated Rebecca too.<\/p>\n<p>She started comparing information.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually she discovered the archive.<\/p>\n<p>Not its location.<\/p>\n<p>Its purpose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe threatened Michael,\u201d Eleanor said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExposure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe disappeared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Three years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The same year Caleb died.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone looked at one another.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat timing isn\u2019t coincidence,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does Laura say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe believes Caleb\u2019s death triggered panic inside the Corbin network.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Because Caleb died at a secret trust meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Because too many people were present.<\/p>\n<p>Because Rebecca may have photographed it.<\/p>\n<p>Because Melissa suspected something.<\/p>\n<p>Because the archive contained records capable of exposing everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Michael tightened control.<\/p>\n<p>Laura became a liability.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe Rebecca too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does she know about Rebecca?\u201d Aaron asked.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor turned toward him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAaron\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does she know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLaura says she spoke with your mother after the date on Rebecca\u2019s death certificate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He stopped breathing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMultiple times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Margaret covered her mouth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow long?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout two years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two years.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca had lived at least two years beyond her legal death.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron stared at the floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo when I was nine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His face changed.<\/p>\n<p>Pain without surprise.<\/p>\n<p>He had already begun believing it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLaura doesn\u2019t know exactly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe spoke to her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEncrypted calls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid my mom ask about me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor\u2019s voice softened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aaron turned away.<\/p>\n<p>Margaret began crying quietly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy didn\u2019t she come back?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause she believed Michael would expose your location to Edward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe already knew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe may not have known that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A cruel possibility.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca might have stayed dead to protect Aaron from information his father already possessed.<\/p>\n<p>Years sacrificed to a lie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened after those two years?\u201d Aaron asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRebecca stopped contacting Laura.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Laura think she died?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe didn\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The uncertainty remained.<\/p>\n<p>But now Rebecca\u2019s survival extended seven years beyond her disappearance and two years beyond her supposed death.<\/p>\n<p>The chance she might still be alive no longer felt impossible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat else did Laura say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor opened her notebook.<\/p>\n<p>She had spent years researching Michael while hiding.<\/p>\n<p>She believed his greatest fear was not prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>It was loss of control over the archive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe built it as leverage,\u201d Eleanor said. \u201cBut once enough people knew it existed, it became leverage against him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo he trapped Laura to keep her quiet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy not kill her?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nobody answered immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Then Margaret whispered, \u201cBecause dead people get investigated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That sentence chilled the room.<\/p>\n<p>Michael preferred disappearances.<\/p>\n<p>Voluntary-looking departures.<\/p>\n<p>Psychiatric explanations.<\/p>\n<p>Identity changes.<\/p>\n<p>Women who could be described as unstable.<\/p>\n<p>Alive enough to avoid murder investigations.<\/p>\n<p>Gone enough to stop talking.<\/p>\n<p>A system designed around plausible absence.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca had learned it.<\/p>\n<p>Then used disappearance herself.<\/p>\n<p>I looked at Charles, who had been brought in later under investigator supervision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew Laura was alive?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looked shaken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you know Michael had properties like that house?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGive us every address.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI already am.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Malik began coordinating searches.<\/p>\n<p>Properties owned through layered entities.<\/p>\n<p>Former clinics.<\/p>\n<p>Rental homes.<\/p>\n<p>Storage sites.<\/p>\n<p>Agricultural land.<\/p>\n<p>Commercial offices.<\/p>\n<p>The list stretched across multiple states.<\/p>\n<p>Finding a person hidden inside that network would not be simple.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy did Laura ask for Eleanor?\u201d I said.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Rebecca mentioned her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My skin prickled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aaron turned instantly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow would my mom know Eleanor?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor looked as stunned as the rest of us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe shouldn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Laura explain?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRebecca apparently kept track of women around Edward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That included me.<\/p>\n<p>My career.<\/p>\n<p>My marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Possibly Danny.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Eleanor?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe knew you had a lawyer friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I felt cold.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca had watched my life from afar.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe trying to judge whether I had someone who could help me if the pattern repeated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid she ever contact you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you sure?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor frowned.<\/p>\n<p>Then her expression shifted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYears ago, I received an anonymous letter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My pulse jumped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter you got engaged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did it say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt warned me to tell you to get an independent financial review before marrying Edward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you tell me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I remembered.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor had once suggested a prenup.<\/p>\n<p>I laughed.<\/p>\n<p>Told her she saw divorce everywhere because of her job.<\/p>\n<p>Edward had been offended when I mentioned it.<\/p>\n<p>We eventually signed one after weeks of argument, but it was weaker than Eleanor wanted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou thought the letter was from someone angry at Edward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you still have it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe archived.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No one waited.<\/p>\n<p>Noah searched old case-storage boxes.<\/p>\n<p>Two hours later, he found it.<\/p>\n<p>One page.<\/p>\n<p>Typed.<\/p>\n<p>No return address.<\/p>\n<p>Edward Vance is not dangerous because he lies about money.<\/p>\n<p>He is dangerous because he makes other people doubt what they know.<\/p>\n<p>If Lauren marries him, make sure she keeps control of her accounts and never signs medical authority documents without independent review.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor, if she ever tells you she is frightened, believe her first.<\/p>\n<p>My vision blurred.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe Laura.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe another woman.<\/p>\n<p>Someone had tried to warn me before my wedding.<\/p>\n<p>Not with drama.<\/p>\n<p>With specifics.<\/p>\n<p>I had missed it.<\/p>\n<p>Just as I had missed Danny\u2019s first warning.<\/p>\n<p>For several minutes I could not speak.<\/p>\n<p>Then Aaron noticed something.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTurn it over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The back looked blank.<\/p>\n<p>He held it toward the lamp.<\/p>\n<p>Indented writing appeared.<\/p>\n<p>Something had been written on a page above it.<\/p>\n<p>Noah shaded lightly with pencil on a copy.<\/p>\n<p>Letters emerged.<\/p>\n<p>A name.<\/p>\n<p>MARTIN VALE.<\/p>\n<p>And a number.<\/p>\n<p>A storage unit.<\/p>\n<p>Malik immediately searched the number against known properties.<\/p>\n<p>It belonged to a facility outside Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>Still active.<\/p>\n<p>Paid annually through a legal trust account controlled by Martin.<\/p>\n<p>Police obtained a warrant based on the accumulating evidence.<\/p>\n<p>We were not allowed near the search.<\/p>\n<p>This time I was grateful.<\/p>\n<p>I had reached the point where abandoned storage facilities no longer inspired curiosity.<\/p>\n<p>They inspired dread.<\/p>\n<p>At four in the morning, Malik called.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey opened it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s inside?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFiles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThousands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My heart accelerated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArchive?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCase records.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Photographs.<\/p>\n<p>Medical reports.<\/p>\n<p>Bank statements.<\/p>\n<p>Surveillance.<\/p>\n<p>Names.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of names.<\/p>\n<p>Women connected to Edward.<\/p>\n<p>Business partners.<\/p>\n<p>Officials.<\/p>\n<p>Family members.<\/p>\n<p>And children.<\/p>\n<p>A filing system built around human beings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat about Rebecca?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Malik went silent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a box with her name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aaron heard.<\/p>\n<p>He stood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOpen it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We waited.<\/p>\n<p>Ten minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Then fifteen.<\/p>\n<p>When Malik called again, his voice had changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey found recent photographs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow recent?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aaron grabbed the edge of the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf my mom?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nobody breathed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t know yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs she alive in them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aaron made a sound I will never forget.<\/p>\n<p>Half sob.<\/p>\n<p>Half laugh.<\/p>\n<p>Margaret dropped into a chair.<\/p>\n<p>Her daughter had been alive two months ago.<\/p>\n<p>After fifteen years of mourning.<\/p>\n<p>After a fake death certificate.<\/p>\n<p>After hiding Aaron.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca Hale was alive.<\/p>\n<p>Malik continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s something else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I almost could not absorb another revelation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne photograph shows her with someone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He sent it.<\/p>\n<p>The image loaded slowly.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca looked older than the wedding photograph.<\/p>\n<p>Thinner.<\/p>\n<p>Auburn hair streaked with gray.<\/p>\n<p>She stood beside a man outside a small building.<\/p>\n<p>The man was Michael Corbin.<\/p>\n<p>Alive.<\/p>\n<p>Close enough to touch her shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>At first the picture looked like surveillance.<\/p>\n<p>Then I zoomed in.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca was smiling.<\/p>\n<p>Not broadly.<\/p>\n<p>But unmistakably.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I understood.<\/p>\n<p>After everything Michael had done, seeing his mother willingly beside him felt like betrayal.<\/p>\n<p>Then Eleanor noticed the object in Rebecca\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n<p>A folder.<\/p>\n<p>She enlarged the image.<\/p>\n<p>A typed label became visible.<\/p>\n<p>CORBIN ARCHIVE \u2014 ORIGINAL INDEX.<\/p>\n<p>My heartbeat quickened.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca had the map to the archive.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe she had not merely been hiding from Michael.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe she had been working with him again.<\/p>\n<p>Or pretending to.<\/p>\n<p>Then Malik called once more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice found an audio recorder in Rebecca\u2019s box.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer voice?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlay it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re sending a copy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The file arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Static.<\/p>\n<p>A click.<\/p>\n<p>Then Rebecca\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n<p>Older than Aaron remembered.<\/p>\n<p>Clear.<\/p>\n<p>Controlled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this is being heard, Martin found the unit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aaron closed his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichael believes the archive belongs to him. Edward believes it belongs to his sons. Martin believes destroying it will protect everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A pause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll three are wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I felt cold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe archive belongs to the people whose lives were used to build it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another pause.<\/p>\n<p>Then:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLauren, if Edward married you, I am sorry I did not reach you sooner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My hand flew to my mouth.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron stared at me.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca knew my name.<\/p>\n<p>She continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not give Michael the boys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Every muscle in my body tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not give Edward the boys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then her voice lowered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd whatever Charles tells you, do not let him open the archive first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Across the room, Charles went completely still.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca\u2019s final sentence arrived through the speaker like a verdict.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCharles Wynn is the reason none of us were ever able to leave cleanly.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=24951\">Click here to continue reading: PART 13: Rebecca\u2019s Warning Put Charles at the Center of Every Disappearance, but His Confession Revealed a Secret Even Michael Could Not Control<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laura refused to speak to police at first. She asked for two things. A female doctor. And Eleanor. Not me. Not Margaret. Not Charles. Eleanor. 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