{"id":30711,"date":"2026-10-05T15:55:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T15:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=30711"},"modified":"2026-10-05T15:55:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T15:55:48","slug":"part-14-aaron-survived-long-enough-to-name-curtis-vane-while-eleanor-grant-admitted-she-had-known-about-the-ledger-for-two-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=30711","title":{"rendered":"PART 14 \u2013 Aaron Survived Long Enough to Name Curtis Vane, While Eleanor Grant Admitted She Had Known About the Ledger for Two Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron survived surgery.<\/p>\n<p>That was the first useful fact we received.<\/p>\n<p>Pelvic fracture.<\/p>\n<p>Broken ribs.<\/p>\n<p>A head injury doctors believed was serious but not immediately life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p>He had been walking along a service road near a motel when the pickup struck him.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle did not stop.<\/p>\n<p>A delivery driver saw the impact and called emergency services.<\/p>\n<p>The witness described a dark pickup.<\/p>\n<p>Briggs did not need to say what everyone thought.<\/p>\n<p>Vane\u2019s vehicle was dark.<\/p>\n<p>That proved nothing yet.<\/p>\n<p>But it changed the investigation from corporate misconduct into something potentially violent.<\/p>\n<p>Federal agents and local police placed protection outside Aaron\u2019s hospital room.<\/p>\n<p>Paul wanted to go immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Briggs stopped him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can visit when doctors allow it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s my friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou spent the last two days arguing with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat doesn\u2019t change what he is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Briggs nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. It doesn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca had another problem.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor Grant was walking toward the conference room.<\/p>\n<p>The board chair entered with Miriam beside her.<\/p>\n<p>She took one look at Briggs, Derek and the ledger.<\/p>\n<p>Then she understood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou found it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca stared at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew it existed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor closed the door.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The admission came so easily that it made everyone angrier.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca stepped toward her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor two years?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou met Derek.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Curtis Vane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor looked at Derek.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI made a mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek laughed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ll need something better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She sat.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody else did.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor explained that Derek contacted the board anonymously after leaving Apex.<\/p>\n<p>His message alleged maintenance records were being altered and drivers retaliated against.<\/p>\n<p>She agreed to meet him personally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy Vane?\u201d Briggs asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was corporate security director.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExactly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the time, I believed he could verify whether records had been improperly accessed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek said, \u201cHe tried to take my evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That stopped him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe parking lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou saw him follow me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw him leave immediately after you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd did nothing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI called him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat he was ensuring you weren\u2019t meeting with competitors or attorneys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek laughed in disbelief.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you accepted that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told Martin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Every face changed.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca said, \u201cYou reported Vane to Martin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Martin?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSaid he would handle it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek shook his head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou gave the problem to the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor absorbed that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Briggs asked whether Eleanor had told anyone about the ledger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told Martin Derek claimed to have evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaniel?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalvin?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVane obviously knew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you ever see the evidence?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy not?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDerek refused.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek said, \u201cBecause you brought security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou were right not to trust me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That silenced him briefly.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca asked what happened after the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor said Martin\u2019s office reported that an internal audit found no systematic falsification.<\/p>\n<p>Several maintenance edits were attributed to routine corrections.<\/p>\n<p>Derek\u2019s complaints were characterized as retaliation allegations arising from his employment dispute.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you believed it?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot completely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen what did you do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI requested a board safety review.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Briggs asked for records.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor said they existed.<\/p>\n<p>The review had examined incident rates, regulatory findings and maintenance compliance.<\/p>\n<p>Everything looked acceptable.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca understood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause they reviewed the official system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot the hidden revisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know there was a hidden archive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek said, \u201cI told you records were being changed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I should have pushed harder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou think?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo defense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She then admitted something worse.<\/p>\n<p>After the review, Martin told her continued investigation risked undermining executive management and damaging customer confidence without evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor let the matter drop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d Laura would have asked.<\/p>\n<p>I asked it for her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause the board had just refinanced Apex.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Money.<\/p>\n<p>Again.<\/p>\n<p>A major lender had required stable safety metrics.<\/p>\n<p>A broad investigation could have triggered additional scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you chose not to know,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor\u2019s expression tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is fair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miriam shifted uncomfortably.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told myself we had conducted the review.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut you knew it wasn\u2019t the evidence Derek offered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew Vane followed him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd now Vane may have run down Aaron Bell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor looked toward Briggs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs Aaron alive?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Relief crossed her face.<\/p>\n<p>I couldn\u2019t tell whether that made me trust her more or less.<\/p>\n<p>Briggs asked about Calvin\u2019s recent payment to Vane.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor denied knowing anything.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWould Martin?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPossibly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaniel?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPossibly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Vane continue working informally for Apex after retirement?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat depends on what you mean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Everyone groaned.<\/p>\n<p>She clarified.<\/p>\n<p>Vane\u2019s consultancy had received occasional assignments involving cargo theft, fraud and employee misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho approved those contracts?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsually legal or Martin\u2019s office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miriam said, \u201cNot my department.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Briggs requested every invoice.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor agreed.<\/p>\n<p>Then Derek asked the question that mattered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy should anyone believe you now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey shouldn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That answer surprised him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrust is irrelevant. Records aren\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She turned to Briggs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou will have every board record I control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven privileged material?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miriam immediately said, \u201cEleanor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCounsel can identify legal limits. Nobody is destroying or hiding anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miriam nodded reluctantly.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca asked, \u201cAre you staying board chair?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShould you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor considered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProbably not permanently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy stay now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause removing every person who understands the company at once may hurt employees who had nothing to do with this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Julian had made the same distinction.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers should not pay for executives.<\/p>\n<p>That was becoming harder as customers began suspending freight.<\/p>\n<p>My phone buzzed.<\/p>\n<p>Dispatch.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time in days.<\/p>\n<p>I answered.<\/p>\n<p>A dispatcher named Melissa told me my regular route had been restored.<\/p>\n<p>I almost laughed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you want it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked around the room.<\/p>\n<p>A federal investigation.<\/p>\n<p>A hit-and-run.<\/p>\n<p>A hidden ledger.<\/p>\n<p>A board chair confessing failure.<\/p>\n<p>And somewhere at the terminal, freight still needed moving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat route?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCincinnati overnight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I thought of Sarah.<\/p>\n<p>Then I thought of what normal work meant.<\/p>\n<p>Driving had been my job before this mess.<\/p>\n<p>It would still be my job afterward, if Apex survived.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEquipment?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFresh inspection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy who?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndependent contractor under the new stand-down procedure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That mattered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSend me the report.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI already did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I opened it.<\/p>\n<p>Detailed.<\/p>\n<p>Tires.<\/p>\n<p>Brakes.<\/p>\n<p>Steering.<\/p>\n<p>Air system.<\/p>\n<p>Technician signature.<\/p>\n<p>No vague language.<\/p>\n<p>No internal override.<\/p>\n<p>I felt something loosen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll take it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca looked surprised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re driving tonight?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter everything?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEspecially after everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor watched me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarcus, you don\u2019t need to prove anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause this is my job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd because if the new safety process only exists on paper, I want to see it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Briggs almost smiled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou really cannot stop investigating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m checking my truck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood distinction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sarah was less amused when I told her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re driving tonight?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you sure?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got the inspection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom Apex?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndependent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarcus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need normal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That quieted her.<\/p>\n<p>Finally she said, \u201cCall before you leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd if anything feels wrong?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo matter what dispatch says?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I smiled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat lesson has been thoroughly reinforced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before I left headquarters, Briggs asked me to identify Vane from an old employee photograph.<\/p>\n<p>I had seen him at corporate events.<\/p>\n<p>Tall.<\/p>\n<p>Gray hair.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy shoulders.<\/p>\n<p>I could not connect him to the figure outside Derek\u2019s house.<\/p>\n<p>Derek looked at the photograph longer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat could be him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCould?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI won\u2019t say yes if I\u2019m not sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Briggs nodded approvingly.<\/p>\n<p>Good witnesses resisted certainty when certainty wasn\u2019t earned.<\/p>\n<p>By five that afternoon, police had located Vane\u2019s pickup.<\/p>\n<p>Abandoned behind a closed factory.<\/p>\n<p>Front-end damage.<\/p>\n<p>Traces of blood on the passenger-side bumper.<\/p>\n<p>The plate matched the rest-area vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Paul sat down when he heard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo Vane hit Aaron.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Briggs corrected him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vehicle appears to have hit Aaron.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvidence first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She was relentless about that.<\/p>\n<p>I had begun to appreciate it.<\/p>\n<p>No matter how ugly the pattern looked, she refused to turn suspicion into fact prematurely.<\/p>\n<p>That was exactly what Apex had done to drivers in reverse.<\/p>\n<p>Decided the story first.<\/p>\n<p>Made the records fit later.<\/p>\n<p>Before leaving, I saw Rebecca standing alone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou okay?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She laughed softly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApparently I earned bonuses from fake safety performance while my brother helped suppress complaints.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou didn\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI should have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re not going to tell me I\u2019m innocent?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re also not Calvin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is an exceptionally low standard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeen hearing that a lot lately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She almost smiled.<\/p>\n<p>Then her expression became serious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarcus, your route tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you find anything wrong, stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo supervisor can override the maintenance decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRebecca.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou sound like Sarah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat seems like a compliment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I drove home first.<\/p>\n<p>Ate with Sarah and Chloe.<\/p>\n<p>Then Sarah followed me outside when I left.<\/p>\n<p>She stood beside my car with her arms folded against the cold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou really want to do this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I searched for the answer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I don\u2019t want them to make me afraid of the road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She nodded.<\/p>\n<p>Then kissed me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the terminal, the atmosphere had changed.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers gathered in small groups.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody trusted anyone.<\/p>\n<p>Some supported the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Others worried Apex would collapse.<\/p>\n<p>One driver blamed me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou had to make a federal case out of stopping for some family?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t falsify maintenance records.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, but this started with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek\u2019s complaints started earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Paul\u2019s warning started earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Ethan\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Sam\u2019s crash.<\/p>\n<p>Ken\u2019s tanker.<\/p>\n<p>Eric\u2019s ledger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis started long before me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The driver looked away.<\/p>\n<p>I performed my pre-trip inspection more carefully than I ever had.<\/p>\n<p>The tractor was clean.<\/p>\n<p>Trailer secure.<\/p>\n<p>Brakes responded normally.<\/p>\n<p>No leaks.<\/p>\n<p>No strange steering.<\/p>\n<p>I checked everything twice.<\/p>\n<p>Then a third time.<\/p>\n<p>Finally I climbed into the cab.<\/p>\n<p>Dispatch sent clearance.<\/p>\n<p>I started toward Cincinnati.<\/p>\n<p>For the first hour, nothing happened.<\/p>\n<p>That felt extraordinary.<\/p>\n<p>Highway lights.<\/p>\n<p>Engine vibration.<\/p>\n<p>Weather clear.<\/p>\n<p>Freight behind me.<\/p>\n<p>A job.<\/p>\n<p>Then my phone rang through hands-free.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarcus, where are you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInterstate 71 south.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPull over somewhere safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Every muscle tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I took the next rest area.<\/p>\n<p>Parked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFederal investigators searched Vane\u2019s vehicle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey found a photograph.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf Aaron?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDerek?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca\u2019s voice became quiet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared through the windshield.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA photograph of you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaken outside your house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My skin went cold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo days ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sarah.<\/p>\n<p>Chloe.<\/p>\n<p>I reached for the ignition.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca said, \u201cPolice are already going to your home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I was breathing too fast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would Vane photograph me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere is he?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStill missing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I started the truck.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarcus, stay where you are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy family is there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice are with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re two hours away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSarah knows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I froze.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou called her?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs she okay?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChloe?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were other photographs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPaul.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDerek?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLaura?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A pause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anger replaced fear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was he doing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But I did know one thing.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever Calvin and Vane had been protecting was no longer only about old records.<\/p>\n<p>Someone had been watching the people trying to expose them.<\/p>\n<p>And my family had been close enough to photograph.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=30712\">Click here to continue reading: PART 15: Photographs Found in Vane\u2019s Truck Turned an Old Corporate Cover-Up Into a Present Threat, and Marcus Refused to Let Fear Choose for Him<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron survived surgery. That was the first useful fact we received. Pelvic fracture. Broken ribs. A head injury doctors believed was serious but not immediately life-threatening. 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