Chapter 6 - The House Was Worth More Than They Said
Mark had told Emily the house was worth about six hundred thousand dollars.
It was worth nearly double.
He knew.
A developer had quietly approached me months earlier about buying several properties along our road for a senior-living project.
I declined.
Mark somehow learned of the offer.
That changed the motive.
He did not only want a place to live.
He wanted control of an asset that could sell for more than one million dollars.
Emily insisted she had not known about the developer.
I believed her at first.
Then Rachel played another clip.
Emily’s voice:
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“If Dad signs before the offer goes public, we can decide later.”
She knew enough.
