Chapter 8 - Ethan Confronts His Mother Margaret
Margaret admitted secretly entering the garage.
She denied touching the brakes.
Caroline had discovered Margaret knew about North Harbor.
Ethan’s late father, James Cole, had quietly financed Richard Vale’s
original rescue network.
Margaret entered the garage to steal old correspondence Caroline
intended to expose.
She used Maria’s lost card.
She took the documents and hid them for fourteen months.
That betrayal was real.
But she insisted the brake line was not hers.
She saw Paul enter after her.
The timeline allowed both Margaret and Paul to be telling partial
truths.
Among Caroline’s papers was a note:
MARGARET KNOWS MORE THAN SHE ADMITS, BUT I DON’T THINK SHE’S HELPING
RYAN.
Another entry said Paul feared “the doctor.”
The doctor was Samuel Ross, a psychiatrist who had advised Richard’s
relocation network.
Police located him.
When shown the crash evidence, Ross said:
“I told her not to drive that car.”
Paul had called him that afternoon.
Someone had paid Paul to damage it.
“Who?”
“Ryan.”
Then Ross clarified.
May you like
Ryan did not physically cut the brake line.
Paul did.
