Chapter 4 - The Camera Watched Leo’s Crib
The hotel’s security team inspected the suite after it was secured.
The object above the headboard was a miniature camera concealed inside a
modified smoke-detector housing.
It was not hotel equipment.
Its angle covered the bed.
More specifically, the place where Leo’s portable crib had originally
been positioned before I moved him onto the mattress.
A small receiver had been taped behind a cabinet.
Investigators preserved it.
The room booking records produced another surprise.
The suite was not reserved under Ryan’s name.
It was paid for through Vance Family Advisory LLC.
I had never heard of it.
Dad asked me whether Ryan’s family maintained investment entities.
“Dozens.”
“Do you know this one?”
“No.”
The attorney searched public records.
Vance Family Advisory had been formed eleven months earlier.
One month after Leo was born.
Its manager was Beatrice Vance.
Its registered address belonged to Ryan’s family attorney.
Then Dad asked the question that changed the direction of everything.
“What happened financially when Leo was born?”
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I thought of Ryan’s grandfather.
And the trust nobody in his family liked discussing.
