But the confrontation escalated.
Their vehicle struck Grant’s SUV.
The SUV left the road.
Daniel admitted that after the crash, Miles had ordered evidence removed from the vehicle.
He also confirmed that Benjamin had been taken away and hidden under a false identity.
When the prosecutor asked why they had kept Benjamin alive, Daniel lowered his eyes.
“Miles believed the boy might know where Grant had hidden the documents.”
The courtroom went silent.
My son hadn’t been rescued out of kindness.
He had been kept alive because his captors thought he might be useful.
Then the prosecutor asked another question.
“Why did Officer Carter become romantically involved with Mrs.
Walker?”
Daniel looked toward Miles.
“To stay close to the family.”
I gripped Hannah’s hand.
“To find the remaining evidence,” Daniel continued.
“And to control what she knew.”
Everything I had mistaken for love had been part of a calculated deception.
