Then Caroline began getting sick.
“She told me never to eat anything he prepared,” Emma whispered.
Samuel listened carefully.
“Did she explain why?”
Emma nodded.
“She said he was trying to make her disappear.”
She reached beneath her pillow.
There was a small silver key.
“My mother gave me this.”
Samuel examined it.
“What does it open?”
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“The storage box at the old bank.”
Emma closed her eyes.
“She said everything would be inside.”
***
Meanwhile, at the house, David had disappeared.
The police had allowed him to leave after questioning, but he was required to remain available.
He had apparently gone to his office.
Jessica was the first to notice that something was wrong.
She entered his study and found the safe open.
Several folders were missing.
So was his passport.
Mara called Samuel immediately.
He contacted the investigators.
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David’s departure was now being treated as a potential flight risk.
