Then she smiled.
“You have no idea what you’re dealing with.”
She turned and walked out.
Samuel immediately contacted the police.
But when investigators reached the entrance, Evelyn was gone.
***
That evening, Jessica returned with another discovery.
She had found an old email archive on David’s laptop.
It contained correspondence between David and Evelyn.
The messages began years before my illness.
One message was particularly disturbing.
David had written:
The first arrangement worked because nobody questioned the diagnosis. This time, the financial structure is more complicated, but the result will be the same.
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Evelyn replied:
Make sure she doesn’t discover the original trust documents.
Jessica scrolled further.
Another message appeared.
David:
What about the daughter?
Evelyn:
Caroline’s daughter is the only remaining problem.
I stared.
The daughter.
Emma.
Jessica opened the attachment.
It was a photograph of a little girl outside a school.
The date was from several years earlier.
