If you have any love left for your family, you’ll make this right.
Dad.
I read it twice.
Then I folded it carefully.
My mother had died when I was seventeen.
For years, Charles had used her memory whenever he wanted me to obey him.
This time, it didn’t work.
I gave the letter to Samantha.
“Please keep this with the other evidence.”
And for the first time, I felt no guilt.
Chapter 9: The Secret in the Truck
The investigation moved slowly.
Financial records were examined.
Employees were questioned.
Bank transactions were traced.
Then Raymond Pike was arrested on charges connected to financial misconduct.
During questioning, investigators uncovered evidence that dramatically changed the case.
Raymond had been communicating with Charles and Courtney in the days before Lucas’s death.
Messages recovered from one of his devices showed that Charles wanted Lucas prevented from attending the Rochester meeting.
One message from Charles read:
