{"id":25149,"date":"2026-09-29T17:08:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=25149"},"modified":"2026-09-29T17:08:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:08:41","slug":"part-12-marks-midnight-message-looked-like-a-confession-until-arthurs-hidden-porch-recording-revealed-someone-else-arrived-after-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=25149","title":{"rendered":"PART 12 \u2013 Mark\u2019s Midnight Message Looked Like a Confession Until Arthur\u2019s Hidden Porch Recording Revealed Someone Else Arrived After Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nobody touched Kevin\u2019s phone.<\/p>\n<p>The message glowed on the table.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s done. Dad won\u2019t be changing anything now.<\/p>\n<p>Claire read it twice.<\/p>\n<p>Then a third time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat sounds like he killed him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kevin whispered, \u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at the timestamp.<\/p>\n<p>1:46 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur was found shortly after sunrise.<\/p>\n<p>If Mark had been here, if Brenda had interfered with his medication, if Arthur experienced chest pain\u2014<\/p>\n<p>The story assembled itself too easily.<\/p>\n<p>That frightened me.<\/p>\n<p>Simple stories had fooled us before.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah warned me on the phone not to interpret the message alone.<\/p>\n<p>Morales returned within half an hour.<\/p>\n<p>She photographed Kevin\u2019s phone and arranged a digital extraction.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin surrendered it voluntarily.<\/p>\n<p>Then Morales asked him the question I had not considered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was Mark referring to when he said Arthur wouldn\u2019t be changing anything?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kevin looked uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe will?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he say that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo that is your assumption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Morales nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAssumptions are dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I nearly laughed.<\/p>\n<p>If Arthur had left us any inheritance more important than money, it was probably that sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Morales said officers had gone to Brenda\u2019s house.<\/p>\n<p>She was gone.<\/p>\n<p>Her car remained.<\/p>\n<p>Phone off.<\/p>\n<p>No obvious sign of struggle.<\/p>\n<p>Mark was not at his home either.<\/p>\n<p>His office was being secured for a warrant.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin looked terrified.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou think they ran?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we don\u2019t know where they are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another non-answer.<\/p>\n<p>Another careful truth.<\/p>\n<p>I began to understand why investigators spoke that way.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the night passed in fragments.<\/p>\n<p>Phone calls.<\/p>\n<p>Forms.<\/p>\n<p>Questions.<\/p>\n<p>At midnight, Rachel went upstairs with Lily.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin slept on the couch.<\/p>\n<p>Noah stayed in the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>Claire sat on the floor beside Arthur\u2019s radio.<\/p>\n<p>I went to the porch.<\/p>\n<p>His chair remained inside because of the rain, so I took a kitchen chair out.<\/p>\n<p>The yard was dark.<\/p>\n<p>Wet grass reflected the porch light.<\/p>\n<p>I tried to imagine Arthur\u2019s final hours.<\/p>\n<p>Did Mark come?<\/p>\n<p>Did Brenda?<\/p>\n<p>Did Arthur know he was in danger?<\/p>\n<p>Was he angry?<\/p>\n<p>Afraid?<\/p>\n<p>Or had his heart simply stopped while everyone around him plotted over papers?<\/p>\n<p>I looked at the wall near the porch door.<\/p>\n<p>A small screw hole caught my attention.<\/p>\n<p>There used to be something there.<\/p>\n<p>I stared.<\/p>\n<p>Then remembered.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur mounted a miniature voice recorder beside the porch light months earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Not a camera.<\/p>\n<p>He said he wanted to capture bird sounds.<\/p>\n<p>I mocked him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBirds sound the same tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur told me that was exactly why I should listen today.<\/p>\n<p>I stood so fast the chair scraped.<\/p>\n<p>Noah came running.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe recorder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat recorder?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I pointed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur had used several devices.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah had one.<\/p>\n<p>Margaret another.<\/p>\n<p>But this one was different.<\/p>\n<p>Battery powered.<\/p>\n<p>Motion activated.<\/p>\n<p>Noah found the mounting clip behind the curtain.<\/p>\n<p>Empty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho knew about it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone who spent time out here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur never hid it.<\/p>\n<p>He even complained when wind triggered recordings.<\/p>\n<p>Claire came outside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I explained.<\/p>\n<p>Her face changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDad kept the memory cards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn old pill containers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course he did.<\/p>\n<p>We searched the porch carefully without disturbing anything investigators might need.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Then Noah remembered Arthur\u2019s radio.<\/p>\n<p>The battery compartment.<\/p>\n<p>We brought it to the table.<\/p>\n<p>Inside, behind two old AA batteries, sat a microSD card wrapped in tape.<\/p>\n<p>Claire began crying immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We called Morales.<\/p>\n<p>She told us not to insert it into any device.<\/p>\n<p>She returned.<\/p>\n<p>Again.<\/p>\n<p>I wondered if she regretted ever learning our family existed.<\/p>\n<p>The card went into an evidence sleeve.<\/p>\n<p>At nearly three in the morning, Morales arranged for an on-call technician to make a forensic copy.<\/p>\n<p>We were told results might not be immediate.<\/p>\n<p>I hated that.<\/p>\n<p>For once, reality refused to move at the speed of our panic.<\/p>\n<p>At dawn, Sarah received another call.<\/p>\n<p>The funeral home retained a blood sample.<\/p>\n<p>It could be tested.<\/p>\n<p>Claire looked relieved and horrified at once.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur\u2019s body might not need to be disturbed.<\/p>\n<p>At eight, nobody had slept.<\/p>\n<p>At nine-thirty, Morales returned.<\/p>\n<p>She carried a laptop.<\/p>\n<p>The memory card worked.<\/p>\n<p>Most recordings were meaningless.<\/p>\n<p>Wind.<\/p>\n<p>Birds.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur coughing.<\/p>\n<p>The radio.<\/p>\n<p>Me complaining about a loose porch board.<\/p>\n<p>Lily laughing.<\/p>\n<p>Then the final night.<\/p>\n<p>The recorder activated at 11:37 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n<p>He was awake.<\/p>\n<p>Someone approached.<\/p>\n<p>Mark.<\/p>\n<p>We recognized him instantly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDad, open the door.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur answered from the porch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe door is open.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mark came around the side instead.<\/p>\n<p>He did not enter the house.<\/p>\n<p>For several minutes they argued.<\/p>\n<p>Mark demanded that Arthur sign something.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur refused.<\/p>\n<p>Mark said Sarah had convinced him to destroy the family.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur answered, \u201cNo, you did that yourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My chest tightened.<\/p>\n<p>Mark mentioned police.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor.<\/p>\n<p>He accused Arthur of betraying his dead wife.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur became furious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe confessed because she could no longer carry what Marcus made her do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mark replied that Eleanor had chosen to help.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur said choice made guilt real.<\/p>\n<p>That sentence silenced Mark briefly.<\/p>\n<p>Then Mark changed subjects.<\/p>\n<p>He asked about the will.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur refused to discuss it.<\/p>\n<p>Mark said Brenda had already found copies of the documents.<\/p>\n<p>So Brenda\u2019s search had succeeded.<\/p>\n<p>Claire closed her eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Mark continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you go through with tomorrow, everything comes out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur said, \u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One word.<\/p>\n<p>Good.<\/p>\n<p>Mark sounded stunned.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur had finally chosen truth.<\/p>\n<p>Too late for many things.<\/p>\n<p>But chosen.<\/p>\n<p>Mark warned him that David would learn about Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur said I already deserved to know.<\/p>\n<p>Claire would learn about Eleanor.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur said she deserved that too.<\/p>\n<p>Then Arthur said something that made me grip the edge of the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am done protecting people from consequences they earned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mark\u2019s voice hardened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou think David will forgive you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The answer came instantly.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur did not expect forgiveness.<\/p>\n<p>He simply expected truth to survive anger.<\/p>\n<p>That hurt more than any sentimental final message.<\/p>\n<p>Mark paced.<\/p>\n<p>The microphone picked up his shoes.<\/p>\n<p>Then he asked whether Arthur had chest pain.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur said no.<\/p>\n<p>That mattered.<\/p>\n<p>At 11:51, Mark left.<\/p>\n<p>We heard his car start.<\/p>\n<p>The recording continued for wind.<\/p>\n<p>Then stopped.<\/p>\n<p>At 12:28, it activated again.<\/p>\n<p>Footsteps.<\/p>\n<p>Brenda.<\/p>\n<p>She was crying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDad?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur sounded tired.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat are you doing here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMark said you wouldn\u2019t listen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI listened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, you decided.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She begged him not to contact police.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur refused.<\/p>\n<p>She mentioned their mother.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur said Eleanor asked him near death to stop protecting her.<\/p>\n<p>Claire gasped.<\/p>\n<p>That had not been in the written statement.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe told me shame was not the same as justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brenda accused him of destroying Eleanor\u2019s memory.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur replied, \u201cYour mother\u2019s memory includes what she did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Claire bowed her head.<\/p>\n<p>Brenda cried harder.<\/p>\n<p>Then came the medication drawer.<\/p>\n<p>She admitted taking copies from Arthur\u2019s room earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur demanded them back.<\/p>\n<p>She refused.<\/p>\n<p>He threatened to call police immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Brenda said Mark had the copies now.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur became short of breath.<\/p>\n<p>Claire whispered, \u201cOh God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the recording, Arthur sat.<\/p>\n<p>We heard the chair creak.<\/p>\n<p>Brenda asked whether he needed medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur said yes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy nitro. Inside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silence.<\/p>\n<p>Then footsteps toward the door.<\/p>\n<p>Brenda entered the house.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty seconds.<\/p>\n<p>One minute.<\/p>\n<p>Two.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur called her name.<\/p>\n<p>She returned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t find it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur told her exactly where it was.<\/p>\n<p>Medication drawer.<\/p>\n<p>Front left.<\/p>\n<p>She claimed it wasn\u2019t there.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur\u2019s breathing worsened.<\/p>\n<p>I stood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat lying\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Morales raised a hand.<\/p>\n<p>We kept listening.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur asked Brenda to call an ambulance.<\/p>\n<p>She said she would.<\/p>\n<p>Then she said Mark was coming back.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur snapped, \u201cNo. Ambulance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brenda kept crying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want them asking questions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur\u2019s voice changed.<\/p>\n<p>Not anger.<\/p>\n<p>Disbelief.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She finally called someone.<\/p>\n<p>Not emergency services.<\/p>\n<p>Mark.<\/p>\n<p>We heard only her side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDad\u2019s having an episode.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, I can\u2019t find it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust come back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I felt sick.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur needed emergency help.<\/p>\n<p>She called Mark.<\/p>\n<p>At 12:41 the recording ended.<\/p>\n<p>At 1:03 it activated.<\/p>\n<p>Mark returned.<\/p>\n<p>He sounded angry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you call 911?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brenda shouted back that he told her not to create attention.<\/p>\n<p>Mark denied it.<\/p>\n<p>They argued.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur interrupted weakly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mark asked where the nitroglycerin was.<\/p>\n<p>Brenda said she had taken it earlier.<\/p>\n<p>The room froze.<\/p>\n<p>Claire made a sound I had never heard from her.<\/p>\n<p>On the recording Mark shouted, \u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brenda repeated herself.<\/p>\n<p>She had taken the bottle because Arthur kept a folded note beneath it.<\/p>\n<p>She thought the note might identify where he stored Eleanor\u2019s confession.<\/p>\n<p>She planned to return the medication.<\/p>\n<p>She forgot.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur was struggling to breathe.<\/p>\n<p>Mark swore.<\/p>\n<p>He told Brenda to bring it back.<\/p>\n<p>She said it was at home.<\/p>\n<p>Mark told her to call an ambulance.<\/p>\n<p>Brenda refused.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because she believed once paramedics arrived, Arthur would tell them everything.<\/p>\n<p>Mark called her insane.<\/p>\n<p>That surprised us.<\/p>\n<p>The message at 1:46 suddenly looked less simple.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe Mark had threatened Arthur.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe he committed fraud.<\/p>\n<p>But at that moment, he seemed to be trying to keep Arthur alive.<\/p>\n<p>Then Mark said he would drive Arthur to the hospital himself.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur refused to move.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCall ambulance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mark dialed.<\/p>\n<p>We heard buttons.<\/p>\n<p>Then he stopped.<\/p>\n<p>Brenda said something too quietly for the recorder.<\/p>\n<p>Mark answered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they come here, they see everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur whispered, \u201cCowards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then there was a long silence.<\/p>\n<p>No ambulance call.<\/p>\n<p>No movement.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing.<\/p>\n<p>They were deciding.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur\u2019s breathing became weaker.<\/p>\n<p>Mark finally said, \u201cFine. I\u2019ll get the pills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He left.<\/p>\n<p>Car started.<\/p>\n<p>Brenda remained.<\/p>\n<p>She spoke to Arthur.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur answered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are sorry because there is still time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>For five full minutes, we listened to an old man struggle for air while his daughter cried beside him.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to stop the recording.<\/p>\n<p>Claire grabbed my wrist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We listened.<\/p>\n<p>At 1:19, another sound appeared.<\/p>\n<p>A car.<\/p>\n<p>Not Mark\u2019s return.<\/p>\n<p>Different engine.<\/p>\n<p>A door slammed.<\/p>\n<p>Footsteps.<\/p>\n<p>Brenda whispered, \u201cWhat are you doing here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A man answered.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin stood up so suddenly his chair fell backward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not Mark.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>The voice was older.<\/p>\n<p>Rougher.<\/p>\n<p>Familiar in a way I could not place.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur recognized it.<\/p>\n<p>He said the man\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrank.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frank Delaney.<\/p>\n<p>The storage owner.<\/p>\n<p>The man who led us to Marcus\u2019s confession.<\/p>\n<p>Frank came onto the porch.<\/p>\n<p>He told Brenda to leave.<\/p>\n<p>She asked how he knew.<\/p>\n<p>Frank said Mark called him.<\/p>\n<p>That made no sense.<\/p>\n<p>Why call Frank?<\/p>\n<p>Then Arthur said, \u201cYou should have told David yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday?<\/p>\n<p>Arthur and Frank had spoken.<\/p>\n<p>Frank knew more than he admitted.<\/p>\n<p>On the recording, Frank crouched beside Arthur.<\/p>\n<p>He checked his pulse.<\/p>\n<p>He asked about medication.<\/p>\n<p>Brenda confessed she took it.<\/p>\n<p>Frank cursed.<\/p>\n<p>Then he reached into his jacket.<\/p>\n<p>A bottle rattled.<\/p>\n<p>My skin went cold.<\/p>\n<p>He had nitroglycerin.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur took a tablet.<\/p>\n<p>His breathing slowly eased.<\/p>\n<p>Claire began sobbing.<\/p>\n<p>Frank may have saved him.<\/p>\n<p>At least temporarily.<\/p>\n<p>Brenda asked him not to call anyone.<\/p>\n<p>Frank ignored her.<\/p>\n<p>He told Arthur he was going to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur refused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou may not have tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur laughed weakly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen David will finally read.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Frank stayed nearly twenty minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur improved enough to speak normally.<\/p>\n<p>Brenda left.<\/p>\n<p>At 1:44, Mark returned.<\/p>\n<p>He and Frank argued.<\/p>\n<p>Mark accused Frank of interfering.<\/p>\n<p>Frank threatened to expose him.<\/p>\n<p>Then came Kevin\u2019s message timestamp.<\/p>\n<p>1:46.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s done. Dad won\u2019t be changing anything now.<\/p>\n<p>On the recording Mark said something else at almost the same moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got the medication. Brenda\u2019s gone. He\u2019s stable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The text was not a confession of murder.<\/p>\n<p>It referred to something else.<\/p>\n<p>What?<\/p>\n<p>At 2:02, Mark left.<\/p>\n<p>Frank remained.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur asked him one final question.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you bring it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frank said yes.<\/p>\n<p>Paper rustled.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur signed something.<\/p>\n<p>My heart began pounding.<\/p>\n<p>Frank told him there was no going back.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur answered, \u201cThat is the point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then Frank asked whether Sarah knew.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur said not yet.<\/p>\n<p>The recorder captured his final clear sentence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTomorrow, David gets the truth whether I\u2019m alive to give it or not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At 2:11, Frank left.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur stayed on the porch.<\/p>\n<p>Breathing.<\/p>\n<p>Alive.<\/p>\n<p>The recording continued intermittently with wind and radio static.<\/p>\n<p>At 3:17, another motion trigger.<\/p>\n<p>Footsteps.<\/p>\n<p>Very soft.<\/p>\n<p>Someone approached Arthur.<\/p>\n<p>The recorder picked up cloth moving.<\/p>\n<p>A whisper.<\/p>\n<p>Not clear enough.<\/p>\n<p>Morales increased the volume.<\/p>\n<p>The voice became audible.<\/p>\n<p>Female.<\/p>\n<p>Not Brenda.<\/p>\n<p>Not Claire.<\/p>\n<p>Not Lily.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur said one word.<\/p>\n<p>A name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJanice?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The clinic employee.<\/p>\n<p>Brenda\u2019s neighbor.<\/p>\n<p>The woman suspected of accessing Arthur\u2019s medical records.<\/p>\n<p>Then the recording cut out.<\/p>\n<p>Not ended naturally.<\/p>\n<p>Cut.<\/p>\n<p>Morales stared at the waveform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomebody removed the recorder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Claire whispered, \u201cBut we found the memory card.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Noah understood first.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone took the device and missed the card hidden in the radio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Exactly.<\/p>\n<p>Janice had come to our house after everyone else left.<\/p>\n<p>After Arthur survived the chest pain.<\/p>\n<p>After Frank saved him.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur was still alive at 3:17 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The question was no longer whether Mark or Brenda left him to die.<\/p>\n<p>The question was why a clinic employee connected to Brenda appeared on our porch in the middle of the night.<\/p>\n<p>Morales closed the laptop.<\/p>\n<p>Her phone rang immediately.<\/p>\n<p>She answered.<\/p>\n<p>Listened.<\/p>\n<p>Her expression hardened.<\/p>\n<p>Then she looked at us.<\/p>\n<p>Officers had located Brenda.<\/p>\n<p>She was safe.<\/p>\n<p>She had gone voluntarily to a motel.<\/p>\n<p>Mark was still missing.<\/p>\n<p>But that was not the important part.<\/p>\n<p>Police had gone to Janice Reed\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p>She was gone too.<\/p>\n<p>Inside her kitchen, they found Arthur\u2019s missing nitroglycerin bottle.<\/p>\n<p>And beside it was a second bottle.<\/p>\n<p>One carrying a pharmacy label with Arthur\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p>A medication Arthur had never been prescribed.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=25150\">Click here to continue reading: PART 13: The Second Bottle in Janice\u2019s Kitchen Explained Arthur\u2019s Final Hours, but Its Prescription Number Belonged to Someone Already Dead<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nobody touched Kevin\u2019s phone. The message glowed on the table. It\u2019s done. Dad won\u2019t be changing anything now. Claire read it twice. 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