Chapter 6 - Recording The Phone Call That Captures Daniel Admission
Back at home, sitting in my quiet sunroom, I placed my cell phone on speaker mode as instructed by Rachel. My finger hovered over the record button before I dialed Daniel’s direct personal mobile number. The phone rang three times before Daniel answered with an annoyed, defensive tone in his voice.
"Mom? What do you want? I'm busy with work," Daniel snapped through the phone speaker. I kept my voice perfectly level, icy calm, and devoid of any emotional tremor.
"I went to the Franklin County Recorder's office this morning, Daniel," I said steadily into the receiver. A heavy, suffocating silence stretched across the phone line for several long seconds before Daniel cleared his throat.
"I... I don't know what you're talking about, Mom," Daniel stammered, his confident facade instantly cracking. "You know exactly what I'm talking about—the forged quitclaim deed transferring my house to your name."
Daniel's voice rose in panic, forgetting every legal precaution as desperation took over his rational mind. "We had to do it! You were being irrational about letting Vanessa's parents move into an empty house!" he shouted.
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"So you committed felony forgery and identity theft behind my back?" I asked, recording every single syllable. "It's our family home anyway! You're going to pass away eventually, and we needed security now!" he yelled hysterically.
I hit stop on the recorder app, saving the audio file directly to encrypted cloud storage with a quiet click. "Enjoy explaining that confession to the judge, Daniel," I said before ending the call.
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