Chapter 9 - Margaret Finds A Second Christmas List
Caroline’s cloud files contained a document titled CHRISTMAS.
Margaret expected shopping.
It was a target list.
Six names.
Older parents or grandparents connected to Caroline’s acquaintances.
Beside each name were notes.
Saved card?
Phone PIN?
Mail access?
Property?
Family conflict?
Margaret’s entry read:
M. BENNETT — BLUE VISA — DIL ACCESS — SON HIDES PROBLEMS.
Dean stared at the last phrase.
Caroline had understood him.
Not because she knew him well.
Because Priscilla had complained that Dean avoided conflict.
Caroline realized he would try to solve problems privately.
That made him predictable.
Margaret was furious.
Then frightened.
Not only for herself.
The other names were notified through investigators and financial institutions.
Two families discovered unauthorized charges.
One discovered an attempted property-document scam before it closed.
The Christmas catering invoice had exposed a broader pattern.
But Margaret refused to call the $2,800 charge a blessing.
May you like
Nothing about being exploited was fortunate.
They had simply noticed in time to limit more harm.
