Chapter 3 - Evelyn Had Richard’s Missing Key
Daniel’s father, Richard Hale, died after a sudden heart attack.
After the funeral, Daniel discovered the key to Richard’s private study
was missing.
He assumed Richard had misplaced it.
Now Evelyn admitted the truth.
“Your father gave it to me.”
Daniel stared at the elderly housekeeper.
“When?”
“Three days before he died.”
Victoria immediately interrupted.
“She’s confused.”
Evelyn looked directly at her.
“No, ma’am.”
That quiet answer silenced the foyer.
Richard had employed Evelyn for thirty-two years.
She had helped raise Daniel and his younger sister, Anna.
Victoria married Daniel four years earlier.
Daniel asked why Richard gave Evelyn the key.
Evelyn hesitated.
“He said if anything happened to him, I should wait until you came home
from overseas.”
Daniel had spent the last six weeks in Singapore negotiating a major
acquisition.
Victoria knew exactly when he would return.
Evelyn continued:
“Your father said not to trust anyone asking about the blue ledger.”
Victoria went pale.
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Daniel had never heard of a blue ledger.
But his wife clearly had.
