Chapter 11 - Margaret Finally Names Michael
Confronted with the recovered records, Margaret stopped pretending.
She admitted helping suppress Thomas’s report.
But she insisted Michael was the one who ordered the falsified
shipments.
Richard learned the truth years later and never forgave her.
“Did Michael kill my father?” Emily asked.
Margaret shook her head.
“I don’t know.”
“Did you help cover up his disappearance?”
Margaret cried.
“I helped protect the company.”
Emily’s voice hardened.
“That wasn’t my question.”
Margaret admitted she signed documents characterizing Thomas as unstable
and financially motivated after he disappeared.
Those documents discouraged further investigation.
She had protected Michael without knowing exactly what he had done.
Then she explained the bat.
Michael called that afternoon.
He knew Richard’s package had reached Emily.
He told Margaret that if Emily found the key, everything would surface.
Margaret confronted Emily intending to take the purse.
The argument escalated.
She grabbed the bat.
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No excuse transformed what happened next.
Fear became violence because Margaret chose violence.
