Chapter 12 - A Late Night Visitor Brings Even More Destructive News
Midnight struck across the quiet estate, casting long shadows across the empty hallways of the sprawling mansion.
I was sitting in the guest study reviewing my own employment records when a sharp knock echoed at the front door.
I walked down the grand staircase cautiously, opening the heavy wooden door to find a drenched private investigator standing there.
“Are you Mrs. Daniel Sterling? I have urgent documents regarding your husband’s personal finances,” the investigator said briskly.
I let him inside, leading him into the study where Richard was already waiting with a cup of hot coffee.
“What is it?” Richard asked, noticing the thick manila folder clutched tightly in the investigator’s hands.
“It turns out Daniel wasn't entirely innocent in this setup; he knew about his mother’s plan to frame you for theft,” the man revealed.
My breath caught in my throat as I looked down at the printed text message logs between Daniel and his mother.
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The messages proved Daniel had helped Evelyn plant the five hundred dollars in my purse the night before the incident.
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