They have been stealing money through land transactions and falsified insurance claims for years.
Peter discovered their operation before he died.
I now believe his death was arranged.
I confronted Miles yesterday.
He knows I have evidence.
He threatened our family.
I am taking the boys to Pine Hollow because I believe they’re safer with me than at home.
I have arranged to meet someone who can help us.
If I don’t return, the truth is on the recorder.
And Emily, please remember something.
I did not choose to leave you.
I pressed the letter against my chest.
For five years, I had imagined Grant’s final moments.
His hands gripping the steering wheel.
His terror as the SUV slid toward the ravine.
Our sons screaming.
Now I understood he had been trying to escape something far worse than a storm.
Hannah took the recorder.
“Mom, should we listen?”
