Ryan had been trying to protect everyone from the ugliness.
Then he became sick.
And eventually died.
No case was ever filed.
But Derek knew Ryan had evidence.
Ryan had told him that.
For three years, Derek apparently lived with the possibility that those papers could still surface.
Then about a month earlier, I made an innocent comment to one of Ryan’s cousins.
I said I was finally planning to go through the storage unit.
Someone told Derek.
He panicked.
If I opened Ryan’s boxes, I might find the evidence.
So Derek came up with another plan.
What if I discovered different evidence instead?
Evidence showing Ryan had been the thief?
If forged documents were planted among Ryan’s genuine belongings, I would probably believe them.
After all, I would have found them myself.
Derek couldn’t enter my house.
He couldn’t access my storage unit.
But Ethan could.
