Chapter 8
The financial investigation became its own monster.
Daniel had debts.
Huge ones.
Investments that failed.
Secret loans.
Gambling.
A property deal with David that collapsed.
They needed money quickly.
My inheritance looked like oxygen.
Except it was locked inside a trust they did not understand.
Dad had left me assets, not access for Daniel.
Daniel had searched:
spousal inheritance Florida sudden death
wife drowning no body inheritance
how long probate if accident at sea
life insurance contestability
can twin brother be witness accidental fall
Seeing those searches made me physically ill.
He had typed my death into a search bar like planning a vacation.
David’s messages were worse.
Drowning is clean if she can’t swim.
No bruises if water does the work.
Make sure she drinks.
I threw up after reading that one.
Marcus closed the file.
“No more today.”
May you like
I wanted to argue.
Then realized my hands were shaking too badly to hold the pages.
