{"id":30494,"date":"2026-10-05T13:01:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T13:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=30494"},"modified":"2026-10-05T13:01:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T13:01:46","slug":"part-10-connors-mother-had-kept-records-for-years-and-what-she-showed-me-turned-my-divorce-into-only-one-piece-of-his-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=30494","title":{"rendered":"PART 10 \u2013 Connor\u2019s Mother Had Kept Records for Years, and What She Showed Me Turned My Divorce Into Only One Piece of His Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Evelyn Fleming insisted on meeting in person.<\/p>\n<p>Not at Walter\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Not at Kenneth\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>And definitely not at her house.<\/p>\n<p>By noon, arrangements were made through attorneys for us to meet in a private conference room at the downtown office of Evelyn\u2019s accountant.<\/p>\n<p>Police knew the location.<\/p>\n<p>Melinda remained elsewhere with Noah.<\/p>\n<p>Walter was not invited.<\/p>\n<p>He reacted exactly as expected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s playing games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth closed his briefcase.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPossibly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has spent twenty years looking for opportunities to punish me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis meeting isn\u2019t about you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walter gave him a look that suggested he considered that proposition unlikely.<\/p>\n<p>I stood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would Evelyn know about Connor\u2019s finances?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walter looked toward me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Evelyn knows where every body is buried.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I waited.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cUsually because she helped dig the hole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That did not reassure me.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn was already seated when Kenneth and I arrived.<\/p>\n<p>She had changed little.<\/p>\n<p>At sixty-eight, she remained striking, with silver-blond hair cut neatly at her jaw and the kind of posture that made every chair look slightly inadequate.<\/p>\n<p>She wore cream trousers and a dark jacket.<\/p>\n<p>No jewelry except a watch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKirsten.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvelyn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She stood and embraced me.<\/p>\n<p>I had not expected that.<\/p>\n<p>Neither had Kenneth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI owe you an apology,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>I stepped back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat sounds ambitious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A small smile appeared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou always were sharper than Connor understood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApparently not sharp enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The answer was immediate.<\/p>\n<p>Then she softened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeither was I.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Three bankers\u2019 boxes sat against the wall.<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth noticed them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat are those?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInsurance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgainst?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy son.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The word sounded painful.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn sat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo,\u201d she said, \u201cwhere would you like me to begin?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe hidden assets,\u201d Kenneth replied.<\/p>\n<p>She looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKirsten?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen we begin earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She opened the first box.<\/p>\n<p>Inside were folders labeled by year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConnor has hidden money since college.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I almost laughed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom whom?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She removed a file.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe learned early that Walter measured affection through financial competence. If Connor lost money, Walter humiliated him. If Connor made money, Walter praised him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat sounds healthy,\u201d Kenneth said.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn smiled without humor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing about our family was healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She handed Kenneth several statements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConnor began creating side entities in his twenties. Most were legal. Some were simply unnecessary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor concealment?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor independence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen concealment became a habit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you know he hid money during our divorce?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot initially.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen did you find out?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSix months after it ended.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My jaw tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you said nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started collecting proof.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou could have called me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause at that point I had suspicion, not evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at the boxes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow I have both.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth began reviewing documents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat exactly did he hide?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCash, investments, ownership interests, and one account in the Cayman Islands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConnor has an offshore account?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndirectly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth stopped turning pages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt its peak, approximately 1.4 million.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My mouth went dry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was marital money?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI estimate six hundred thousand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Combined with the assets Kenneth had already found, the deception was much larger than we believed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere is it now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo where?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral places.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She opened another folder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConnor started shifting funds when Gabriel reappeared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth looked up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew about Gabriel?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew there was a man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRaymond Vale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That name again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVale worked for you too?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn shook her head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVale worked for whoever paid him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWalter said Connor hired him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI paid Vale once.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth\u2019s expression hardened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo tell me what Connor had hired him to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou bribed Connor\u2019s investigator to investigate Connor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI prefer subcontracted transparency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite everything, Kenneth nearly smiled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did Vale tell you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat Connor wanted Gabriel monitored.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring Melinda\u2019s first pregnancy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd later?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgain after Noah was born.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPaternity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The word hung in the room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Vale tell you Connor fabricated a DNA report?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWould he have done that for Connor?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn considered it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor enough money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much is enough?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Raymond? Less than you\u2019d hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She opened another file.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are payments from Connor to Vale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth examined them.<\/p>\n<p>Some were ordinary invoices.<\/p>\n<p>Others were not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is this forty-thousand-dollar payment?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don&#39;t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDate?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn pointed.<\/p>\n<p>Eleven months ago.<\/p>\n<p>The same month the fake DNA report was created.<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth photographed the page.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat else?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn leaned back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConnor knew from the beginning that Noah might not be his.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I felt tired rather than surprised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone seems to have known except me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d she said. \u201cWalter didn&#39;t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe knew there was doubt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoubt is not knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConnor had a fertility diagnosis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Gabriel existed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat&#39;s substantial doubt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn looked at me carefully.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou&#39;re thinking like a doctor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConnor wasn&#39;t thinking biologically.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow was he thinking?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLegally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth stopped writing.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConnor believed if he was acknowledged as Noah\u2019s father, signed the birth certificate and raised him, biology could become secondary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the trust?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExactly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWould it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat&#39;s disputed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo he forged the test to remove the dispute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLikely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at the boxes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy are you helping now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her face changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause yesterday Connor called me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he want?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoney.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHalf a million.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wouldn&#39;t say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you give it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe threatened me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth leaned forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said if I didn\u2019t help him, Walter would learn what I had done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walter again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat had you done?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn looked toward me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYears ago, I helped Connor hide one of his business losses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree hundred thousand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom Walter?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would Walter care now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause some of the money came from a trust Connor wasn&#39;t authorized to access.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth\u2019s expression sharpened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFraud?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPotentially.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCriminal?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPotentially.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou&#39;ve been sitting on this for years?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#39;ve been trying to repair it quietly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth looked genuinely offended by the phrase.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuiet repair is why families like yours eventually need people like me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn accepted the criticism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stood and walked toward the boxes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo Connor threatened you because he needed money to run.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you know where he is?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWould he come here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo Walter?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly if desperate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn\u2019s eyes met mine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth immediately said, \u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Connor believes Kirsten is responsible for everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat doesn&#39;t mean he&#39;d approach her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don&#39;t understand my son.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I almost laughed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was married to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I raised him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sentence ended the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn looked at Kenneth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Connor feels cornered, he does not run first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does he do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe tries to restore the story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I understood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wants people to admit he was right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe needs someone else to be responsible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost likely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I thought about the messages.<\/p>\n<p>You have no idea what you&#39;re interfering with.<\/p>\n<p>Stay away from Melinda.<\/p>\n<p>His visit to my house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019ll want to talk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd he\u2019ll believe he can still convince you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat seems optimistic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has always mistaken your patience for susceptibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was painfully accurate.<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth\u2019s phone rang.<\/p>\n<p>He stepped away.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn watched me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#39;m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou said that already.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean about the fertility treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My expression hardened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot then.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the divorce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConnor told you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. Vale did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did Vale know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat Connor had obtained a diagnosis years earlier and deliberately kept it from you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would Vale know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConnor asked him to retrieve the specialist\u2019s records.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That made no sense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRetrieve them how?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wanted to know whether the clinic still had copies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My pulse quickened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo destroy them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The room became very quiet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don&#39;t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at Kenneth.<\/p>\n<p>He had ended his call and heard enough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe clinic still had records,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich means Vale failed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOr refused.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRaymond always kept leverage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCopies?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsually.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A new possibility opened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Vale created the fake DNA report, he may have kept proof.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLikely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd if Connor attacked Gabriel after meeting Vale\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRaymond may now be more dangerous to Connor than Gabriel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth picked up his phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m calling Morales.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before he could, the conference-room door opened.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn\u2019s accountant stood there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMrs. Fleming?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a package downstairs for Dr. Sinclair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho delivered it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCourier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth immediately said, \u201cNobody touches it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police were called.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-five minutes later, the package sat inside a clear evidence bag.<\/p>\n<p>No explosives.<\/p>\n<p>No hazardous materials.<\/p>\n<p>Just a padded envelope.<\/p>\n<p>Inside was a flash drive.<\/p>\n<p>And a handwritten note.<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth read it without touching the paper.<\/p>\n<p>Kirsten deserves to know what Connor did.<\/p>\n<p>Below that:<\/p>\n<p>Ask him about Clinic 417.<\/p>\n<p>No signature.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn went pale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou recognize that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot the handwriting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe number.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is Clinic 417?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don&#39;t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFour-one-seven was the code Vale used for one of Connor\u2019s assignments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat assignment?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn closed her eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fertility clinic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police took the drive for forensic examination.<\/p>\n<p>By evening, Morales called.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are files.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat kind?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAudio recordings, photographs, invoices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom Vale?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAppears so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything about Connor?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I gripped the phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne recording from four years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My heart began pounding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you tell me what it says?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Morales hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPart of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I waited.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConnor is speaking to someone we believe is Vale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe says he needs every copy of his fertility report removed before you can find it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For a moment, the room around me disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>Not merely concealed.<\/p>\n<p>Removed.<\/p>\n<p>Connor had actively tried to erase the evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Morales continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s another line you should know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe says if you ever learn the truth, you&#39;ll leave him and take half of everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I sat down.<\/p>\n<p>That was it.<\/p>\n<p>Not shame.<\/p>\n<p>Not fear of hurting me.<\/p>\n<p>Money.<\/p>\n<p>Connor had watched me endure years of treatment because telling me the truth threatened his marriage and his assets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKirsten?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re pursuing this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon&#39;t contact him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI won&#39;t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The call ended.<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth sat opposite me.<\/p>\n<p>Neither of us spoke.<\/p>\n<p>Then my phone vibrated.<\/p>\n<p>A text.<\/p>\n<p>Blocked sender.<\/p>\n<p>Only five words.<\/p>\n<p>You wanted the truth. Come get it.<\/p>\n<p>A second message followed.<\/p>\n<p>Beneath it was an address.<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth looked over my shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn&#39;t planning to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then a photograph arrived.<\/p>\n<p>My breath stopped.<\/p>\n<p>It showed Raymond Vale sitting in a chair.<\/p>\n<p>His hands appeared bound behind him.<\/p>\n<p>Blood ran from his temple.<\/p>\n<p>And behind him, reflected faintly in a dark window, stood Connor.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=30495\">Click here to continue reading: PART 11: Connor Used Raymond Vale as Bait, but the Recording on Vale\u2019s Flash Drive Exposed a Betrayal Even Melinda Had Never Suspected<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evelyn Fleming insisted on meeting in person. Not at Walter\u2019s office. Not at Kenneth\u2019s. And definitely not at her house. 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