Chapter 3 - The Safe Code Was Changed
Daniel shut down the grand-opening celebration.
Guests were asked to leave.
The remaining family members stayed with restaurant security and Emily’s
attorney.
The safe itself became the next question.
Only three people were supposed to know the code.
Emily.
Daniel.
Their general manager, Marcus Reed.
Vanessa was not one of them.
Yet the footage showed her opening the safe in seconds.
No hesitation.
No failed attempt.
Someone had given her the code.
Marcus arrived from the kitchen and swore he had not.
Emily believed him because the access log showed something strange.
The safe code had been changed two weeks earlier.
Daniel looked at Emily.
“You changed it?”
“No.”
Marcus shook his head.
“Neither did I.”
The installer’s service record showed the request had been made by an
authorized family representative.
Name:
Margaret Hale.
Daniel stared at his mother.
“You changed our safe code?”
Margaret folded her arms.
“I helped pay for this restaurant.”
Emily’s expression hardened.
“No. You loaned Daniel money personally before we were married.”
“That makes this family business partly mine.”
“No,” Emily said. “It does not.”
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Daniel looked from his mother to his sister.
The theft had just become something larger than two envelopes.
