Chapter 8 - Vanessa Takes the Brass Key
That evening, security footage showed Vanessa entering Margaret’s study
and removing a brass key from a locked drawer.
Margaret called Daniel in panic.
“She took it.”
“What does it open?”
“A safe-deposit box.”
The box had belonged to Robert.
Margaret had paid the fees for years without opening it.
Vanessa knew about it from Evelyn’s letters.
Daniel called Emma.
For once, he did not ask her to come home.
He simply told her what happened.
Emma asked, “Do you want me involved?”
“I want you safe.”
“That wasn’t my question.”
Daniel understood.
“Yes.”
Emma agreed on one condition.
“No more protecting Margaret from consequences.”
“Agreed.”
The bank froze access before Vanessa could reach the box.
The next morning, Daniel, Margaret, Emma, and their attorneys opened it
together.
Inside were two DNA reports.
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The first answered the wrong question.
The second changed Daniel’s life.
