Chapter 9 - Michael Knew About the Fall
Daniel put the call on speaker.
“How do you know Evan fell?”
Silence.
Then Michael said Grace had texted him.
Grace shook her head.
She had not.
Daniel replied:
“Come to the house.”
“I can’t.”
“Why?”
“I’m on my way to the airport.”
Lily whispered:
“He’s leaving.”
Michael heard her.
His voice changed.
“Lily, don’t make this worse.”
Daniel stared at the phone.
“What does she know?”
Michael hung up.
Security traced his gate activity and vehicle records.
He had driven away from the city less than an hour earlier.
Police were contacted.
Daniel refused to chase him.
He stayed with Evan.
That choice mattered.
For years, Daniel’s instinct during a crisis was to solve the problem
himself.
Now his son was shivering beneath a towel because adults had turned a
home into a trap.
Daniel handed the pursuit to professionals.
Then Lily sat across from him.
“There’s something I didn’t tell you.”
Daniel looked up.
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Three weeks earlier, Michael had offered her money to leave town during
the investor reception.
