David called early the next morning.<\/p>\n
\u201cNolan has counsel.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was fast.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople move quickly when document preservation letters arrive.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWill he cooperate?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cToo soon to know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about the seventy-five-thousand Garrison advance?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need bank statements.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCourtney says she can get partial access.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTell her not to alter anything.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI have.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
He paused.<\/p>\n
\u201cMelissa\u2019s backup is useful.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow useful?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt shows the thirty-thousand advance was booked without matching incoming funds from Garrison.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo it was definitely fake?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt shows a discrepancy. We need primary statements before saying definitely.\u201d<\/p>\n
I was learning to appreciate his refusal to leap.<\/p>\n
Certainty should be earned.<\/p>\n
My family had spent years doing the opposite.<\/p>\n
Courtney arrived at my house just after nine.<\/p>\n
I had not invited her inside since changing the locks.<\/p>\n
When she knocked, I almost left her on the porch.<\/p>\n
The symmetry was tempting.<\/p>\n
Instead, I opened the door.<\/p>\n
She carried a laptop and a paper grocery bag.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCoffee.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI have coffee.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen why bring it?\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked embarrassed.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I didn\u2019t know how else to show up.\u201d<\/p>\n
That answer disarmed me slightly.<\/p>\n
I let her in.<\/p>\n
We sat at the kitchen table where Lucy\u2019s blue crayon still rested beneath one chair.<\/p>\n
Courtney noticed it.<\/p>\n
Her expression changed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to fix that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe kids.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t fix children.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know what I mean.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope you do.\u201d<\/p>\n
She opened the laptop.<\/p>\n
\u201cI got into one trust portal.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMom gave me the password.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat easily?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s scared.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe should have been scared before.\u201d<\/p>\n
Courtney did not defend her.<\/p>\n
The portal contained property reports.<\/p>\n
Loan balances.<\/p>\n
Distributions.<\/p>\n
Monthly summaries.<\/p>\n
But no full bank statements.<\/p>\n
We searched Garrison.<\/p>\n
Dozens of entries appeared.<\/p>\n
Management fees.<\/p>\n
Acquisition fees.<\/p>\n
Repair coordination.<\/p>\n
Inspection fees.<\/p>\n
Bookkeeping.<\/p>\n
Advance repayment.<\/p>\n
Interest.<\/p>\n
\u201cInterest?\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
Courtney frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t know he charged interest.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRate?\u201d<\/p>\n
We opened an entry.<\/p>\n
Eight percent.<\/p>\n
I laughed without humor.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe used our money, called it his, and charged the trust interest.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf that\u2019s what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow you\u2019re cautious?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m trying not to become Mom.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fair.<\/p>\n
We totaled Garrison payments.<\/p>\n
In three years, his company had received more than $112,000.<\/p>\n
Courtney stared at the number.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat can\u2019t be right.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said the business barely broke even.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cApparently not.\u201d<\/p>\n
She opened another report.<\/p>\n
The seventy-five-thousand advance appeared eleven months earlier.<\/p>\n
Three repayments had been made.<\/p>\n
Total: $26,500.<\/p>\n
Plus interest.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere did the original seventy-five come from?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo source shown.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCan we see deposits?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe through the property portal.\u201d<\/p>\n
We clicked through attached documents.<\/p>\n
Several were invoices.<\/p>\n
One was a funding summary.<\/p>\n
Source of advance: Garrison Asset Management LLC.<\/p>\n
No bank proof.<\/p>\n
Another attachment contained a reference number.<\/p>\n
Courtney leaned closer.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve seen that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n
She searched her email.<\/p>\n
Then stopped.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
She rotated the screen.<\/p>\n
The same reference number appeared on a wire confirmation.<\/p>\n
Sender account ending 4421.<\/p>\n
I knew those digits.<\/p>\n
Not immediately.<\/p>\n
Then memory connected.<\/p>\n
The account Garrett had once mentioned in connection with Mom.<\/p>\n
No.<\/p>\n
Different.<\/p>\n
I opened the records I had saved.<\/p>\n
My father\u2019s insurance proceeds had originally been held at a bank where the custodial account ended 4421.<\/p>\n
My chest tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s Dad\u2019s money.\u201d<\/p>\n
Courtney stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow could the account still exist?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe it doesn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen why use the same number?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCould be transferred.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOr reused.\u201d<\/p>\n
We called David.<\/p>\n
He asked us to send everything.<\/p>\n
Then he said, \u201cDo not assume account ownership from last four digits. Banks recycle numbers less often than people think, but coincidences happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
I did.<\/p>\n
But the pattern was becoming oppressive.<\/p>\n
Courtney scrolled through more attachments.<\/p>\n
Then she stopped at a tax document.<\/p>\n
\u201cMary.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a K-1.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor who?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGarrison.\u201d<\/p>\n
She opened it.<\/p>\n
The tax schedule showed income allocated from the trust-related entity.<\/p>\n
Garrett\u2019s company had not merely collected service fees.<\/p>\n
It also held an economic interest through one property LLC.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you know this?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much interest?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTwenty percent.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at the screen.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhich property?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWestlake.\u201d<\/p>\n
The four-unit building.<\/p>\n
Bought with trust financing.<\/p>\n
Guaranteed partly through my financial strength.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy does Garrett own twenty percent?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you approve it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t remember.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSearch.\u201d<\/p>\n
She did.<\/p>\n
Minutes passed.<\/p>\n
Then an operating agreement appeared.<\/p>\n
Electronic signatures.<\/p>\n
Elaine Dalton.<\/p>\n
Courtney Dalton.<\/p>\n
Garrett Ross.<\/p>\n
Courtney froze.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is my signature.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou remember signing?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did he tell you?\u201d<\/p>\n
She closed her eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat it was a special-purpose company for the property.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe didn\u2019t say he owned twenty percent.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s on page nine.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t read page nine.\u201d<\/p>\n
I felt anger rise.<\/p>\n
Then stopped.<\/p>\n
I had signed pages I did not read too.<\/p>\n
The difference was that my family had exploited that habit.<\/p>\n
Courtney had helped exploit mine.<\/p>\n
Now Garrett had exploited hers.<\/p>\n
Patterns replicate.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought you knew,\u201d she whispered.<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout his ownership?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. About all of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMom always said you understood the investment plan.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know now.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe told me you were helping because you had more money than me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe told me you asked.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes I did.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWithout telling me you were getting trust money.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
The shame in her voice was real.<\/p>\n
I let it sit.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou still chose to ask.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou still lied about Travis.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou still left your children on my porch.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
She swallowed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not asking you to make me innocent.\u201d<\/p>\n
Good.<\/p>\n
Because I could not.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m trying to figure out where my choices stopped and theirs started.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat line may not be clean.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
We returned to the documents.<\/p>\n
Westlake\u2019s purchase had required $180,000 in equity.<\/p>\n
Trust reserves contributed $95,000.<\/p>\n
Garrison\u2019s \u201cadvance\u201d covered $75,000.<\/p>\n
Another $10,000 came from Courtney.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere did you get ten?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cTax refund.\u201d<\/p>\n
That at least sounded plausible.<\/p>\n
If Garrison\u2019s advance actually came from inherited funds, then almost the entire equity contribution had come from family money while Garrett acquired twenty percent ownership and charged fees.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Mom own part of Westlake personally?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cKids?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThrough the trust.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThrough the trust.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo Garrett was the only individual with direct equity.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
We stared at each other.<\/p>\n
Courtney whispered, \u201cHe built himself a position outside the trust.\u201d<\/p>\n
Exactly.<\/p>\n
If the trust collapsed, Garrett might still own part of assets through separate entities.<\/p>\n
If family relationships broke, his company had claims.<\/p>\n
If loans defaulted, he could argue he was creditor, manager, and co-owner.<\/p>\n
He had layers.<\/p>\n
We had trust.<\/p>\n
Our mistake was almost poetic.<\/p>\n
My phone rang.<\/p>\n
David.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have news from the insurance company.\u201d<\/p>\n
I put him on speaker.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey located the beneficiary file.\u201d<\/p>\n
Courtney sat straighter.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does it show?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe second policy existed. Two hundred thousand total, one hundred each.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mom\u2019s confession was confirmed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened to the proceeds?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cInitial checks were issued into custodial accounts under Elaine Dalton.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLegal?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the time, yes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd later?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s where things get complicated.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Mary turned thirty, the account should have transferred or been distributed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSix months before your thirtieth birthday, the account was moved.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo a joint investment account.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhose names?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cElaine Dalton and Paul Dalton.\u201d<\/p>\n
I went completely still.<\/p>\n
\u201cDad was dead.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Courtney covered her mouth.<\/p>\n
David continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat account appears to have been opened after his death.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cUsing Dad\u2019s name?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
My stomach turned.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo Guarantor Two\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMay connect to a broader use of his identity.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho opened the joint account?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cStill investigating.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho signed?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cElectronic authorization listed both Elaine and Paul.\u201d<\/p>\n
Courtney whispered, \u201cMom.\u201d<\/p>\n
I did not answer.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid they use his Social Security number?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened to the money?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOver time, funds moved from that account into several destinations.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTrust?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOne appears to be the trust.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGarrison?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPossibly.\u201d<\/p>\n
My pulse increased.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does possibly mean?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOne destination is an account ending 4421.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at Courtney.<\/p>\n
Her face had gone pale.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the seventy-five-thousand advance.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t know yet.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it matches.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhose account was it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re working on that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Courtney stood.<\/p>\n
\u201cI need to talk to Mom.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d David said immediately.<\/p>\n
She froze.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause right now we need records preserved.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not going to destroy anything.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m talking about her.\u201d<\/p>\n
Courtney looked at me.<\/p>\n
David continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Elaine realizes we can trace accounts linked to Paul\u2019s identity, she may panic.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe already knows we know about Dad.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe does not know we\u2019ve confirmed a post-death joint account.\u201d<\/p>\n
That distinction mattered.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo nothing,\u201d I told Courtney.<\/p>\n
She sat back down.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hate this.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo do I.\u201d<\/p>\n
At noon, Travis called.<\/p>\n
Not about money.<\/p>\n
\u201cOwen wants to see Courtney.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at my sister.<\/p>\n
She heard his voice through the speaker.<\/p>\n
Her face crumpled.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d she whispered.<\/p>\n
Travis heard.<\/p>\n
\u201cTonight if you can keep the conversation focused on him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI can.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo blaming Mary.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo talking about court.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo telling him I\u2019m keeping you apart.\u201d<\/p>\n
Courtney closed her eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Travis\u2019s voice softened slightly.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe misses you.\u201d<\/p>\n
She started crying.<\/p>\n
This time I did not resent it.<\/p>\n
Because the tears were not being used on me.<\/p>\n
They belonged to her.<\/p>\n
\u201cI miss him too.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSix-thirty.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll be there.\u201d<\/p>\n
He hung up.<\/p>\n
Courtney wiped her face.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really thought I was protecting them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom Travis?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom instability.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you created your own.\u201d<\/p>\n
She nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
That afternoon, David sent another update.<\/p>\n
Nolan\u2019s attorney had contacted him.<\/p>\n
Nolan was willing to provide records under an agreement preserving his rights.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat records?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cInternal Garrison files.\u201d<\/p>\n
My pulse accelerated.<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes he have the fake email logs?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPossibly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBackdated document?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe hasn\u2019t identified it yet.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does he want?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cProtection from being blamed for decisions Garrett made.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWas he involved?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAlmost certainly in some administrative activity.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen why protect him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re not protecting him. His lawyer is negotiating how he cooperates.\u201d<\/p>\n
I hated how slow accountability could feel.<\/p>\n
At five, Nolan\u2019s first production arrived.<\/p>\n
A list of folders from Garrison\u2019s old server.<\/p>\n
One name immediately stood out.<\/p>\n
DALTON MASTER.<\/p>\n
Inside were subfolders.<\/p>\n
TRUST.<\/p>\n
PROPERTIES.<\/p>\n
ELANIE.<\/p>\n
COURTNEY.<\/p>\n
MARY.<\/p>\n
PAUL.<\/p>\n
I stared at my name.<\/p>\n
Then another folder.<\/p>\n
CONTINGENCY.<\/p>\n
And inside that:<\/p>\n
POST-E.<\/p>\n
I asked David what it meant.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo idea yet.\u201d<\/p>\n
We opened the metadata list.<\/p>\n
The POST-E folder had been created two years earlier.<\/p>\n
Documents included:<\/p>\n
Trustee replacement draft.<\/p>\n
Emergency control memo.<\/p>\n
Beneficiary restructuring.<\/p>\n
Death certificate template.<\/p>\n
Power-of-attorney draft.<\/p>\n
My skin went cold.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhose death certificate?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe filename doesn\u2019t say.\u201d<\/p>\n
Courtney had returned from seeing the children when I called her.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Garrett ever talk about what happens if Mom dies?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said the trust needed succession planning.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he mention me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAs backup trustee once.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stopped.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not a trustee.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid I ever sign anything agreeing?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot that I know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another file appeared in the folder index.<\/p>\n
MARY_DALTON_POA_EXECUTED.pdf.<\/p>\n
My heart thudded.<\/p>\n
\u201cPower of attorney?\u201d I asked David.<\/p>\n
\u201cPossibly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI never gave Garrett power of attorney.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOpen it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t have the file yet, only index.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGet it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at the filename.<\/p>\n
All the forged signatures suddenly had a more dangerous explanation.<\/p>\n
A broad power of attorney could create apparent authority.<\/p>\n
It could be shown to lenders.<\/p>\n
Banks.<\/p>\n
Property managers.<\/p>\n
Anyone.<\/p>\n
My phone buzzed.<\/p>\n
Courtney.<\/p>\n
I answered.<\/p>\n
She sounded breathless.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remembered something.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLast year Garrett asked me if you had a will.\u201d<\/p>\n
I sat very still.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you say?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat I didn\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy did he ask?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said because of the trust.\u201d<\/p>\n
My skin prickled.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat exactly did he say?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat if something happened to you, everything needed to stay clean.\u201d<\/p>\n
Everything.<\/p>\n
My brokerage.<\/p>\n
My guarantees.<\/p>\n
My income would stop.<\/p>\n
My assets would remain.<\/p>\n
I forced myself not to jump to conclusions.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he ever threaten me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSuggest anything about me dying?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. Never.\u201d<\/p>\n
Important.<\/p>\n
Facts.<\/p>\n
Not fear.<\/p>\n
Still, the folder called POST-E remained.<\/p>\n
I asked Courtney, \u201cDid he call anything Plan E?\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
Then:<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
My heartbeat quickened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat was it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI asked once.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said E stood for exit.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhose exit?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said yours.\u201d<\/p>\n
David called early the next morning. \u201cNolan has counsel.\u201d \u201cThat was fast.\u201d \u201cPeople move quickly when document preservation letters arrive.\u201d \u201cWill he cooperate?\u201d \u201cToo soon to know.\u201d \u201cWhat about the … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insightdrama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29501,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29466\/revisions\/29501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}