{"id":29784,"date":"2026-10-04T15:34:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T15:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=29784"},"modified":"2026-10-04T15:34:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T15:34:24","slug":"part-5-the-name-buried-in-lilys-files-forced-reyes-to-admit-richard-had-been-protected-by-someone-far-above-the-police-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=29784","title":{"rendered":"PART 5 \u2013 The Name Buried in Lily\u2019s Files Forced Reyes to Admit Richard Had Been Protected by Someone Far Above the Police Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reyes closed the door carefully enough that Arthur heard the latch settle into place.<\/p>\n<p>That small sound changed the room.<\/p>\n<p>Until then, the danger had belonged outside\u2014to Richard, Wallace, the stranger who had entered Arthur\u2019s house, the unseen person who had photographed Lily weeks before Easter. Now Agent Reyes stood with her back to the door as though even the secure hospital corridor contained ears she no longer trusted.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur rose from the chair beside Lily\u2019s bed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho is it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reyes did not answer immediately.<\/p>\n<p>She unlocked her tablet, checked something, then locked it again without showing them the screen.<\/p>\n<p>Lily watched her with one eye swollen nearly shut.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf my files put us in danger, I deserve to know from whom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reyes looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur heard reluctance beneath the words.<\/p>\n<p>That worried him more than any dramatic warning could have.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe duplicate card contains financial records, correspondence, scanned contracts, photographs, and portions of several audio files,\u201d Reyes said. \u201cSome appear to be material you collected directly. Some appear to have been copied from Richard\u2019s laptop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lily nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI copied whole folders whenever I had enough time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of those folders was labeled Meridian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recognition passed across Lily\u2019s face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw that name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you think it meant?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA project. Richard used code names for property deals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reyes pulled the second chair closer but remained standing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeridian doesn\u2019t appear to be a property.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur said, \u201cA company?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reyes drew a slow breath.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA network.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The word landed quietly.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur had heard men use similar language when they wanted to describe something organized without yet calling it criminal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExplain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re still verifying. I\u2019m not going to tell you more than we can support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTell us what you can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reyes glanced toward Lily.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral payments Richard recorded as consulting fees lead to shell companies. Those shell companies have relationships with local contractors, municipal consultants, law firms, inspection services, and political committees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur thought of Riverside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow far does it go?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not what frightened you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reyes finally looked directly at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She tapped the tablet against her palm once.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe highest-ranking identifiable person in the copied material is State Senator Malcolm Vance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lily inhaled sharply.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur knew the name.<\/p>\n<p>Everybody in the state did.<\/p>\n<p>Vance had spent nearly twenty years turning himself into the kind of politician who seemed permanently installed. He appeared at hurricane relief sites in rolled sleeves, spoke at veterans\u2019 events, cut ribbons beside mayors, and appeared in television advertisements promising that communities mattered more than special interests.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur had voted for him once.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat connects him to Richard?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot enough yet to accuse him of a crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat wasn\u2019t my question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reyes gave him a tired look.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur did not retreat.<\/p>\n<p>Finally she said, \u201cA company controlled by one of Vance\u2019s longtime donors appears repeatedly in transactions associated with Riverside acquisitions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lily stared at the blanket across her knees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw the initials M.V.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reyes\u2019s eyes sharpened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn messages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou never mentioned that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know who it was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you remember the context?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lily closed her eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur almost stopped the questioning, but Lily raised one hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me think.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The room grew quiet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe messages were between Richard and someone saved as Calder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reyes made a note.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst name?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did they say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lily\u2019s brow tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething about the inspections taking too long. Richard said Wallace was getting nervous because too many complaints were coming from Riverside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur leaned forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalder said M.V. wanted the acquisitions finished before some committee hearing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reyes stopped writing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat committee?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t remember.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur shot Reyes a look.<\/p>\n<p>She softened her voice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo pressure. Anything you remember later is useful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lily stared toward the ceiling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was something about redevelopment money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reyes typed rapidly.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur watched her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew Vance was connected before you walked in here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew his name appeared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSame thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. It isn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reyes met his gaze without flinching.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA name in a file proves very little. Criminal cases collapse when investigators decide what evidence means before proving it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur had lived long enough around investigations to know she was right.<\/p>\n<p>He still disliked hearing it.<\/p>\n<p>Lily said, \u201cThere were pictures too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reyes turned immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat pictures?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRichard at dinners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Vance?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHotels. Restaurants. One golf place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur remembered Richard disappearing for weekends he called business retreats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe six.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you tell me this before?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lily\u2019s mouth tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause a few hours ago my husband tried to choke me, I found out my police chief was involved, someone broke into my father\u2019s house, and then you told me a senator might be in the files. I\u2019m remembering things as they come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reyes stopped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The apology was simple.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur appreciated it.<\/p>\n<p>Reyes put the tablet away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe proceed carefully from here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur looked at the closed door.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeaning?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeaning your daughter\u2019s location stays compartmentalized. Only necessary medical personnel know who she is. Your residence becomes an active evidence scene. You don\u2019t return there until it\u2019s cleared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy home is not theirs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d Reyes said. \u201cWhich is why we\u2019re going to find out who entered it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lily whispered, \u201cWhat about Richard?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s still at his attorney\u2019s office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStill?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur heard the qualification.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t have enough to arrest him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the assault, we may. For everything else, we need more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe admitted things on the recording.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe admitted enough to create questions. That is not the same as proving an enterprise involving multiple officials.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur paced once to the end of the room and back.<\/p>\n<p>Every instinct wanted movement.<\/p>\n<p>Action.<\/p>\n<p>A target.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Reyes was asking him to wait.<\/p>\n<p>Waiting had always been harder for him than danger.<\/p>\n<p>Lily noticed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He turned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur almost smiled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re ordering me around from a hospital bed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He sat.<\/p>\n<p>Lily looked at Reyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan Richard reach my bank accounts?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat depends how they\u2019re structured.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe controls most of the money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you have an account in your own name?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA small one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan he access it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur said, \u201cThat means yes until we prove otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reyes nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll have a victim-services specialist work with you tonight. New phone, protected contact information, financial steps, counsel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lily\u2019s face changed at the word counsel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t afford the kind of lawyer Richard has.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou won\u2019t need the same kind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur said, \u201cI\u2019ll pay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lily looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDad\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t even know what it costs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know what my house cost. Sell it if we have to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her eyes filled.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur regretted the sentence immediately\u2014not because he did not mean it, but because Lily had spent too long believing her safety imposed a price on everyone around her.<\/p>\n<p>He leaned closer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are not a bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lily looked away.<\/p>\n<p>Reyes gave them a moment.<\/p>\n<p>Then her phone vibrated.<\/p>\n<p>She checked the screen.<\/p>\n<p>The change in her posture was immediate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d Arthur asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRiverside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFederal teams went to preserve records at two municipal offices and a private inspection company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne office server was wiped less than ten minutes before they arrived.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur stared at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone warned them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat possibility is being investigated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur looked at the door.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour operation leaks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reyes\u2019s expression hardened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOr somebody acted because Richard made calls before we restricted communications.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou said he went to his lawyer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho did he call first?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re working on that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur stood again.<\/p>\n<p>Reyes held up a hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not turn this into proof that everyone is compromised.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re thinking it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thinking someone entered my home while my daughter was being treated at a location nobody was supposed to know, and now evidence gets destroyed before your people arrive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe break-in began before Lily reached this facility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur stopped.<\/p>\n<p>That mattered.<\/p>\n<p>Reyes continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhoever entered your house likely moved as soon as the Easter incident became known.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeaning Richard warned them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPossibly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOr Wallace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPossibly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOr Vance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have no evidence of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur nodded once.<\/p>\n<p>He accepted the distinction.<\/p>\n<p>Then Reyes\u2019s phone vibrated again.<\/p>\n<p>This time she stepped toward the window before answering.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur watched her face.<\/p>\n<p>She listened.<\/p>\n<p>Asked one question.<\/p>\n<p>Then another.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecure it,\u201d she said. \u201cNobody touches anything else until forensics arrives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She ended the call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat now?\u201d Arthur asked.<\/p>\n<p>Reyes looked toward Lily.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team at your house found something else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur felt his chest tighten.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother photograph?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA camera.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lily sat a little straighter despite the pain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInside?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAcross the street.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur pictured his quiet neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>The vacant property opposite his house had belonged to an elderly widow until she moved into assisted living several months earlier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere exactly?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHidden in a landscaping box beside the empty house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur\u2019s skin went cold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPointed at mine?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor how long?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lily whispered, \u201cThey watched him because of me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey followed me there and then put up a camera.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know which came first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reyes nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat distinction matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur\u2019s thoughts accelerated.<\/p>\n<p>If the camera had been installed after Lily\u2019s Saturday visit, someone had followed her.<\/p>\n<p>If before\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Then someone had already been watching Arthur.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you determine when it was placed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll try.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSerial number?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemoved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStorage?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInternal and remote capability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur looked at Reyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProfessional?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToo soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She was choosing every word carefully now.<\/p>\n<p>Lily spoke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRichard once asked about your old job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur turned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His pulse slowed in the dangerous way it sometimes did when a missing piece entered place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you tell him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing. I barely know anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he ask?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wanted to know what agency you worked for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur glanced at Reyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said you never talked about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything else?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lily searched her memory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe joked that you were probably some spy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur did not smile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did Richard say when you didn\u2019t know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe kept asking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow often?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot often. Maybe three times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur leaned back.<\/p>\n<p>Richard\u2019s interest might have been harmless curiosity.<\/p>\n<p>Or not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat else?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lily frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Christmas he asked whether you still knew people in Washington.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur remembered that evening.<\/p>\n<p>Richard had brought expensive whiskey.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Wallace had attended.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur had left early because the conversation bored him.<\/p>\n<p>Now every forgotten remark seemed worthy of inspection.<\/p>\n<p>Reyes said, \u201cArthur, is there any reason someone connected to your previous work would monitor you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot after fifteen years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat isn\u2019t an answer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo active reason that I know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat kind of work did you do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lily looked at him too.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur had successfully avoided that question for most of her life.<\/p>\n<p>He looked at his daughter\u2019s bruised face.<\/p>\n<p>Secrets had already done enough damage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThreat assessment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Reyes waited.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProtective intelligence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment personnel. Occasionally civilians connected to sensitive investigations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lily stared at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou protected people?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou always said you did consulting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her hurt was small but unmistakable.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur felt it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted that part of my life to stay finished.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lily looked down at their joined hands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApparently Richard didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reyes\u2019s phone rang a third time.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur was beginning to hate the sound.<\/p>\n<p>She answered.<\/p>\n<p>This call lasted longer.<\/p>\n<p>Her face lost color.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepeat that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur stood.<\/p>\n<p>Reyes listened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. Nobody confronts him. Put surveillance on the vehicle and confirm identity first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She disconnected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reyes looked from Arthur to Lily.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe camera across from your house transmitted to a cellular account opened under a false name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur waited.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe payment trail led to a private security company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhose?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s owned through two holding companies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReyes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She exhaled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last company in the chain lists a corporate attorney who has represented Senator Vance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lily closed her eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur did not move.<\/p>\n<p>Still not proof.<\/p>\n<p>He knew that.<\/p>\n<p>But coincidence was running out of room.<\/p>\n<p>Reyes continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also recovered a partial access log.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur\u2019s attention sharpened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat access?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe remote camera account.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone logged into the feed this afternoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter Lily called?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom where?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reyes stared at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn IP address associated with the state capitol complex.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lily whispered, \u201cOh my God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arthur looked toward the closed door.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Malcolm Vance had not merely appeared in old business records.<\/p>\n<p>Someone inside the building where he worked had viewed a camera pointed at Arthur\u2019s home on the very day Lily tried to escape Richard.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur turned to Reyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow do you believe this is bigger than Richard?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reyes did not answer.<\/p>\n<p>She did not need to.<\/p>\n<p>Her silence had changed from caution to confirmation.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=29786\">Click here to continue reading: PART 6: A Hidden Camera Linked to the Capitol Made Lily\u2019s Escape More Dangerous, Until One Forgotten Dinner Conversation Exposed Richard\u2019s Real Fear<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reyes closed the door carefully enough that Arthur heard the latch settle into place. That small sound changed the room. 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