Chapter 4 - THE TOY BOXThe ledger was inside Captain Bear.
Logan's stuffed bear.
I almost laughed when Alessandro explained it.
Then I remembered how David had bought that bear the week before he supposedly died.
He had told me:
“Make sure Logan keeps this.”
I had assumed it was sentimental.
It wasn't.
Inside the bear was a tiny encrypted memory card.
The information was devastating.
Names.
Accounts.
Dates.
Payments.
One name appeared more often than any other.
Nathaniel Winters.
David's older brother.
My brother-in-law.
A man I had trusted for years.
I couldn't breathe.
“He's alive,” I whispered.
Alessandro nodded.
“Your husband's brother is one of the people who arranged his disappearance.”
“Why?”
“Because David discovered that Nathaniel had been selling company information.”
I stared at the screen.
Then another file appeared.
A video.
David was sitting in a dark room.
He looked tired.
Older.
But alive.
“Catherine,” he said.
My heart shattered.
“If you're seeing this, then something went wrong.”
I covered my mouth.
“I didn't leave because I wanted to.”
Tears filled my eyes.
“I left because they threatened you and Logan.”
The video ended.
Then one final sentence appeared.
Trust Alessandro.
I looked at him.
“You knew about this?”
“No.”
He looked genuinely shocked.
Then his phone rang.
He answered.
His face changed.
“What happened?”
A pause.
Then:
“Get everyone out of the house.”
I stood.
“What?”
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He looked at me.
“They found us.”
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