Chapter 8 - Someone Is Still Using Daniel’s Name
Daniel had never authorized the $1.2 million transfer.
The code was genuine but generated from an old hardware token.
Only three people had access to legacy tokens.
Daniel.
The family accountant, Henry Sloan.
And Margaret’s former estate attorney, Robert Hale.
Henry surrendered his devices immediately.
Robert did not answer calls.
Investigators found his office empty.
Emma remembered the name.
Laura’s final notebook mentioned Robert twice.
ROBERT KNOWS WHERE CHARLES MOVED THE REST.
Daniel had always trusted Robert.
He handled Margaret’s estate.
He helped Daniel settle Richard’s old business holdings.
He had also recommended Victoria’s design company for mansion
renovations years earlier.
The connection tightened.
Police located Robert at a storage facility.
He was carrying boxes of Whitmore records.
Robert claimed he was preserving evidence before Daniel destroyed it.
Daniel laughed bitterly.
“Why would I destroy records I just hired people to audit?”
Robert had no good answer.
His laptop contained the recent transfer.
He admitted moving the money but claimed it belonged to a restitution
account he was protecting.
Investigators traced it.
The money had gone into escrow, not his personal account.
That complicated the story.
Robert said Charles had hidden millions overseas.
After Charles died, Robert spent years quietly recovering it.
He did not trust Victoria.
He did not trust Daniel.
So he used Daniel’s old authorization code to move funds without
permission.
Emma stared.
“Everybody in this family thinks stealing control is okay if they have a
good reason.”
Robert looked offended.
“I was saving your mother’s money.”
“By using someone else’s identity.”
He fell silent.
Again, good intentions had become permission.
The escrow money was frozen until ownership could be determined.
Robert agreed to cooperate.
But he revealed something worse.
Charles had not acted alone after Richard’s death.
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Margaret knew some of the money was still moving.
Daniel’s mother had been part of the silence too.
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