{"id":25844,"date":"2026-09-30T01:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T01:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=25844"},"modified":"2026-09-30T01:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T01:47:07","slug":"part-11-whoever-searched-daddys-workshop-ignored-jewelry-and-cash-then-took-one-object-i-had-never-realized-was-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=25844","title":{"rendered":"PART 11 \u2013 Whoever Searched Daddy\u2019s Workshop Ignored Jewelry and Cash, Then Took One Object I Had Never Realized Was Evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bell reached the house before I did.<\/p>\n<p>He made me wait at Rebecca\u2019s office until the scene had been processed enough for my presence not to interfere.<\/p>\n<p>By then, anger had replaced fear.<\/p>\n<p>Not reckless anger.<\/p>\n<p>Something colder.<\/p>\n<p>Someone had entered Daddy\u2019s house and searched it like a file cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>Again.<\/p>\n<p>Thirteen years earlier, people had used his illness to reach his money.<\/p>\n<p>Now someone had returned looking for what he left behind.<\/p>\n<p>When Bell finally allowed me onto the property, two patrol cars remained near the road.<\/p>\n<p>Yellow tape crossed the workshop entrance.<\/p>\n<p>The back door of the house showed pry marks.<\/p>\n<p>I stopped at the bottom step.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas anything stolen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re still inventorying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid they take electronics?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTelevision is here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJewelry?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour jewelry box appears untouched.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCash?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was cash?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout three hundred dollars in the desk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bell checked his notes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStill there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked toward the workshop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo they weren\u2019t stealing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were searching.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor records.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLikely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We entered through the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>Drawers had been opened but not dumped.<\/p>\n<p>Cabinet doors stood ajar.<\/p>\n<p>Whoever did it had been hurried but purposeful.<\/p>\n<p>The attic was worse.<\/p>\n<p>Boxes moved.<\/p>\n<p>Lids removed.<\/p>\n<p>Daddy\u2019s estate container overturned.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing appeared randomly destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>The intruder had looked inside, evaluated, moved on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey knew what they wanted,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n<p>Bell nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s missing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat depends on what was originally here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I hated that answer because it was true.<\/p>\n<p>You cannot inventory secrets you never knew existed.<\/p>\n<p>In the workshop, the old radios had been pulled from shelves.<\/p>\n<p>Tool drawers opened.<\/p>\n<p>Cabinet doors left wide.<\/p>\n<p>The Grundig receiver where Daddy had hidden the recorder sat on the bench with its back panel removed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey knew where the recorder was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOr found the hiding place while searching.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe police already had the recorder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo they got nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bell did not answer.<\/p>\n<p>He was looking at the shelves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas anything normally stored here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I followed his gaze.<\/p>\n<p>A rectangular patch of clean wood stood out beneath surrounding dust.<\/p>\n<p>Something had rested there for years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I tried to remember.<\/p>\n<p>The shelves had become background to me.<\/p>\n<p>Daddy\u2019s things stayed where they were because moving them felt like erasing him.<\/p>\n<p>Then an image returned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA metal cash box.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoney?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was inside?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bell stared at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou never opened it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought it had radio parts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat color?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow big?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I showed him with my hands.<\/p>\n<p>He photographed the empty spot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLock?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmall key lock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere was the key?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Travis know about it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProbably. He\u2019s been in here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bell wrote.<\/p>\n<p>I felt sick.<\/p>\n<p>Another container.<\/p>\n<p>Another set of records.<\/p>\n<p>Another object I had seen a thousand times without recognizing as important.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCould Daddy have hidden papers in it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The answer came from behind us.<\/p>\n<p>Harold Hale stood outside the tape with an officer.<\/p>\n<p>I stared.<\/p>\n<p>He looked older than I expected.<\/p>\n<p>Tall but stooped.<\/p>\n<p>White hair.<\/p>\n<p>Weathered face.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing about him resembled the dead father Travis had described because there had never been a real memory attached to that story.<\/p>\n<p>Bell walked out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Hale, you were asked to wait.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harold pointed toward the shelf.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat green box belonged to Raymond and me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My pulse accelerated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow do you know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe used it when we had the company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was inside?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOld partnership papers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bell asked, \u201cAnything concerning Reserve A?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harold gave a tired nod.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe original reconciliation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I gripped the workbench.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinal accounting of the reserve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho received what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas Warren on it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe prepared it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCarol?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe would have appeared in notes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would Daddy keep that here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Raymond didn\u2019t trust Warren\u2019s final numbers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That sounded like Daddy.<\/p>\n<p>Bell asked, \u201cDid Travis know the box mattered?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harold looked at me first.<\/p>\n<p>Then back at Bell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My anger flared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNine years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nine.<\/p>\n<p>Not six months before Daddy died.<\/p>\n<p>Not eight years ago when Warren showed Harold the ledger.<\/p>\n<p>Nine years ago was during my marriage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harold looked ashamed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTravis contacted me after Warren threatened him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wanted to understand what Warren could prove.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stepped toward him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou helped him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told him about the partnership records.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you tell him Daddy kept them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew Travis had already taken Daddy\u2019s money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI suspected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you told him where evidence might be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harold looked down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought he wanted to defend himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgainst what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWarren.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not an answer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bell intervened gently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet him continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harold swallowed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTravis said Warren was blackmailing him with false records. He said Raymond\u2019s old partnership documents would show Warren had manipulated the numbers years earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you believe him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There it was.<\/p>\n<p>Another parent choosing belief over evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Carol protecting Travis.<\/p>\n<p>Harold wanting his son\u2019s story to be true.<\/p>\n<p>Both parents feeding the same man different versions of forgiveness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did Travis do with the information?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he come here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot that I know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked around Daddy\u2019s workshop.<\/p>\n<p>For nine years, the box remained here.<\/p>\n<p>So if Travis had known about it, why leave it untouched until now?<\/p>\n<p>Either he had not realized its importance.<\/p>\n<p>Or something recent had made it suddenly dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>Folder seven.<\/p>\n<p>The cloud archive.<\/p>\n<p>Harold\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n<p>Daddy\u2019s recordings.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe the evidence was finally connecting.<\/p>\n<p>Bell asked, \u201cWhat exactly would the reconciliation show?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harold rubbed his face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReserve A was supposed to be thirty-six thousand. Warren claimed losses consumed most of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Raymond calculated there should have been twenty-eight left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwenty-eight thousand?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened to it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe never knew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My mind began arranging numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-eight thousand.<\/p>\n<p>Years later, Daddy\u2019s trust.<\/p>\n<p>Additional deposits.<\/p>\n<p>Travis receiving more than one hundred thousand according to Warren\u2019s later ledger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat if Reserve A never closed?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>Harold looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what Raymond suspected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bell turned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExplain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWarren might have kept the account structure active. Moved money through it later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhose money?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnybody\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel had said Daddy\u2019s trust funds partly entered Reserve A.<\/p>\n<p>If Warren reused the old mechanism, the reconciliation could show the original account identifiers.<\/p>\n<p>Meaning the green box did not merely contain history.<\/p>\n<p>It contained a map.<\/p>\n<p>Bell called in another investigator.<\/p>\n<p>They photographed the dust outline.<\/p>\n<p>Neighbors were interviewed again.<\/p>\n<p>One had seen a dark SUV near the property around 3:00 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Not Travis\u2019s truck.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCould he have another vehicle?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>Bell said, \u201cWe\u2019re checking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harold stood near the doorway.<\/p>\n<p>I watched him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy did Travis pretend you were dead?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His face tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI asked him that once.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat it was easier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEasier than what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExplaining me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExplain you to whom?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The answer surprised me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe talked about me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore you married.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow did you know about me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My anger shifted into confusion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was secretly talking to you while telling me you were dead?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor how long?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOff and on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I sat on Daddy\u2019s stool.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he tell you about me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat Raymond\u2019s daughter owned the land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The workshop became very quiet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harold understood the significance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow early?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore your engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared at him.<\/p>\n<p>Travis knew the land was mine before we married.<\/p>\n<p>He knew Daddy had assets.<\/p>\n<p>He knew Warren had handled old accounts.<\/p>\n<p>He knew Carol had history with Daddy.<\/p>\n<p>And he had been secretly speaking with his supposedly dead father about all of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he ask what the land was worth?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harold looked miserable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow often?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than once.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bell wrote something.<\/p>\n<p>I asked, \u201cDid that seem normal to you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought he was planning a future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The phrase nearly made me laugh.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone had used that excuse.<\/p>\n<p>Future.<\/p>\n<p>Security.<\/p>\n<p>Family.<\/p>\n<p>Protection.<\/p>\n<p>Words draped over appetite.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen did he first ask about Daddy\u2019s money?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore Raymond got sick.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My mouth went dry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow long before?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlmost a year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That pushed everything further back.<\/p>\n<p>Travis had been asking about Daddy\u2019s finances long before hospice.<\/p>\n<p>Long before anyone could claim desperation created an opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you tell him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat Raymond never talked numbers with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything about the trust?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWarren?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said Warren might know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you sent him to Warren.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t send him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou gave him the person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harold flinched.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bell asked, \u201cDid Travis contact Warren then?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow do you know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWarren called me afterward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat my son had expensive curiosity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sentence sounded exactly like the kind of thing Warren Pike might say.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat else?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat Travis reminded him of Carol.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harold looked away.<\/p>\n<p>I felt suddenly tired.<\/p>\n<p>Before I married Travis, the adults around him had seen patterns.<\/p>\n<p>Carol knew what she was capable of.<\/p>\n<p>Harold knew what Warren was capable of.<\/p>\n<p>Warren recognized Travis\u2019s curiosity.<\/p>\n<p>Daddy recognized entitlement.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone had fragments.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody assembled them.<\/p>\n<p>Except perhaps Daddy.<\/p>\n<p>And he died before he could finish protecting me.<\/p>\n<p>An officer entered carrying a small evidence bag.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDetective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bell looked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFound near the back fence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Inside was a broken plastic piece.<\/p>\n<p>Part of a vehicle light.<\/p>\n<p>Bell took it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFresh?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooks fresh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He sent it for identification.<\/p>\n<p>We continued inventorying.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing else obvious was missing.<\/p>\n<p>The green box was the only confirmed item.<\/p>\n<p>At 4:30, Rebecca called.<\/p>\n<p>The court had granted temporary restrictions preventing Travis from entering or encumbering the property.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe cannot legally come onto the land without authorization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe doesn\u2019t seem very interested in legal boundaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d she said. \u201cBut boundaries matter when enforcing consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked toward the broken workshop door.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat about the divorce?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was the first time I had said the word so plainly.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca did not react.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you ready to file?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No hesitation.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever part of me had still imagined that explanation might restore the marriage had disappeared somewhere between Daddy\u2019s recording and Travis\u2019s written spouse-management plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen we file.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I exhaled.<\/p>\n<p>Not relief.<\/p>\n<p>Something quieter.<\/p>\n<p>A line crossed.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca said, \u201cJune, once he\u2019s served, expect pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s already pressuring me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt may increase.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before sunset, Bell returned with preliminary information about the broken taillight.<\/p>\n<p>It came from a Ford Expedition manufactured within a narrow range of years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCarol drives an Expedition,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n<p>Bell nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo do thousands of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat year is hers?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re checking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas she here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe told me Travis took her keys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer car keys?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe said keys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meaning he might have taken the Expedition.<\/p>\n<p>Bell\u2019s phone rang.<\/p>\n<p>He stepped away.<\/p>\n<p>When he returned, his expression had changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCarol\u2019s vehicle is missing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince when?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe claims last night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd she didn\u2019t report it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe says she thought Travis had borrowed it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared at him.<\/p>\n<p>Borrowed.<\/p>\n<p>The same man who had frightened her.<\/p>\n<p>The same man she claimed she no longer protected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does she say now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat she wants to make a formal report.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter you found part of the vehicle at my fence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bell did not answer.<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t have to.<\/p>\n<p>Carol\u2019s cooperation still had limits.<\/p>\n<p>Her instinct to protect Travis remained stronger than her fear of him.<\/p>\n<p>Until consequences reached her door.<\/p>\n<p>At 6:12 p.m., another call came.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel.<\/p>\n<p>He sounded energized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe found Reserve A.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My heart jumped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe actual account?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA successor account.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDifferent institution. Multiple restructurings over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhose name?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s where it gets complicated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course it does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current account is held by a limited liability company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cName?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlue Heron Holdings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I had never heard it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOwner?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn paper, a registered agent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActual control?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re working on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much money?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel paused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrent balance is just over three hundred twelve thousand dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I gripped the workbench.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat can\u2019t all be Daddy\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt isn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen whose?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan Travis access it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another pause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a transfer request submitted yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My stomach dropped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared at Bell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo where?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn account outside Louisiana.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid it go through?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho authorized it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel\u2019s answer made the missing green box suddenly terrifying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe transfer request was submitted using credentials associated with Raymond Parker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My father had been dead thirteen years.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=25855\">Click here to continue reading: PART 12: Someone Used My Dead Father\u2019s Identity to Move Three Hundred Thousand Dollars, and Travis Left Behind One Mistake He Couldn\u2019t Explain<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bell reached the house before I did. He made me wait at Rebecca\u2019s office until the scene had been processed enough for my presence not to interfere. 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