Several signatures had been crossed out.
Beside them were dates.
I recognized the pattern immediately.
The dates corresponded to when the women had supposedly surrendered control of their investments.
Then I found something that made my stomach drop.
A payment schedule.
Millions of dollars had been transferred through companies connected to Northbridge Capital.
And under the heading AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE was a name I recognized.
VICTOR PRICE.
The current managing director.
The man whose sons had been targeting elderly women.
My mother began crying.
“Your father discovered everything.”
I turned another page.
There was a handwritten note.
"If they find this ledger, Emily will be next."
My throat tightened.
My father had written those words twenty-six years earlier.
Long before Alex entered Mrs. Wilson's life.
***
Detective Harris arrived an hour later.
He examined the ledger carefully.
“This could be important evidence,” he said. “We'll need to authenticate it.”
My mother nodded.
