Holloway should have stayed buried.
Michael whispered, “Mercer knows.”
“Yes.”
Thomas pointed at me.
“He knows about Margaret too.”
Emily handed me a photocopy of the insurance amendment.
The policy had been raised to two million dollars.
The primary beneficiary after Michael’s presumed d/e/@/th was not Ryan and Emily equally.
It was Emily alone.
My stomach twisted.
I looked at my daughter.
“You changed this?”
“No.”
“Your authorization code is here.”
“I know.”
“Then—”
“It was stolen.”
Thomas continued.
“Someone wanted investigators to believe Emily had a financial motive if something happened to you.”
My daughter whispered, “That is why I went looking for Thomas.”
I stared at the paper.
Suddenly, every person in my family appeared trapped inside someone else’s design.
Daniel examined the policy.
“There’s a company number.”
Thomas nodded.
“It belongs to a firm Mercer once controlled.”
Daniel’s face changed.
“What?”
“I’ve seen that number.”
