Chapter 6 - Cordelia Knew About Vault Four
Sloan remembered Cordelia’s obsession differently after Naomi’s
revelation.
For three years, Cordelia repeatedly suggested Sloan sell the estate.
When Sloan refused, Cordelia encouraged Flynn to demand ownership.
She called the property impractical.
Then sentimental.
Then unfair.
But she always wanted the deed.
Naomi showed Sloan a letter Augustus received eight years earlier.
It was from Cordelia.
She asked whether records belonging to Harrison Vale remained at the
lake property.
Augustus never answered.
Sloan stared at the signature.
Cordelia knew.
Maybe not exactly what was in Vault Four.
But enough.
Sloan’s fall on the staircase had not been caused by a sudden argument
over real estate.
Cordelia had been trying to gain access to records.
Sloan immediately stopped herself from making a larger claim.
Knowing about the vault did not prove Cordelia shoved her because of it.
The assault itself was already clear.
The motive required evidence.
Fortunately, the staircase had a security camera.
Flynn had disabled interior recording the morning after the fall.
But footage automatically backed up to a cloud server.
Sloan’s attorney obtained it.
The video showed Cordelia demanding the deed.
It showed Sloan refusing.
It showed Cordelia shove her with both hands.
It showed Flynn watch.
Then it showed him step over Sloan and pick up the deed.
The footage was devastating.
Sloan turned it over to investigators.
She did not use the vault as leverage to make the assault disappear into
a private divorce settlement.
Flynn called again.
This time Sloan answered.
“You set me up.”
“No.”
“You knew what was under this house.”
“I knew there was a vault.”
“You gave it to me anyway.”
“You wanted the house.”
“You should have warned me.”
“The covenant was in the documents your lawyer told you to read.”
Flynn went quiet.
Then Sloan asked:
“Did your mother know about Vault Four?”
His silence lasted too long.
That was not proof.
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But it was enough to make Sloan wonder what Flynn had known before he
stepped over her body.
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