Chapter 11 - Daniel Calls Sophia Directly
Daniel disappeared for three days.
Then Sophia’s phone rang.
Unknown number.
She answered under police supervision.
Daniel sounded almost friendly.
“Your mother was smarter than all of them.”
Sophia said nothing.
“You found the ledger.”
Still nothing.
Daniel laughed.
“You have Anna’s patience.”
“What do you want?”
“The original.”
“Why?”
“Because copies can be challenged.”
“And originals can be destroyed.”
Daniel paused.
Sophia had guessed correctly.
He offered her money.
Five million dollars.
More than she had ever imagined.
Sophia looked around the small police conference room.
Adrian sat across from her.
Eleanor was nearby.
Investigators listened.
Sophia asked:
“Is that what my mother was worth to you?”
Daniel’s voice changed.
“Your mother should have walked away.”
“She did.”
“She kept evidence.”
“So you killed her?”
Silence.
Then Daniel said:
“I didn’t touch her car.”
Not a denial of everything.
Only one detail.
Investigators noticed.
Sophia continued.
“Then who did?”
Daniel hung up.
The call was traced.
Not precisely enough.
But Daniel had revealed something important.
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He knew Anna’s crash involved her car.
That detail had never been made public.
