Chapter 5 - THE WOMAN IN THE RED COATThe investigation uncovered another name.
Grace Miller.
Vivian's former assistant.
She had disappeared seventeen years earlier.
Marcus found her living in Ohio.
Clara flew there.
Grace opened the door.
She saw Clara.
Then immediately tried to close it.
Clara stopped the door.
“Please.”
Grace stared at her.
“You're Vivian's daughter-in-law.”
“Yes.”
“I have nothing to say.”
“I don't want you to talk about Vivian.”
Grace hesitated.
“I want to know about my father.”
Grace went pale.
“Your father?”
“Yes.”
Grace opened the door.
“Come in.”
She pulled a box from a closet.
Inside were photographs.
Contracts.
Audio tapes.
And one photograph.
Clara picked it up.
Her father.
Vivian.
Ethan.
All standing together twenty years earlier.
Clara frowned.
“Ethan knew my father?”
Grace nodded.
“He knew him before he married you.”
Clara's breathing stopped.
“Why?”
Grace handed her a cassette.
“Listen.”
Clara pressed play.
Her father's voice filled the room.
“If Ethan approaches my daughter, keep watching him.”
Clara froze.
The recording continued.
“He isn't interested in her.”
A pause.
“He's interested in the trust.”
Clara closed her eyes.
May you like
Her father had known.
All along.
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