Chapter 4 - The Recording Mentions Laura’s Death
Richard inserted the card into his laptop.
Rebecca remained outside the room with security.
Ethan sat beside Denise.
The video began shakily.
Ethan had apparently left the camera on a shelf while playing.
Rebecca entered Laura’s bedroom.
A gray-haired man followed.
Richard recognized him immediately.
Dr. Stephen Cole.
Laura’s former physician.
Richard stood.
“What the hell?”
On the recording, Rebecca closed the door.
Stephen spoke first.
“You said the file was still here.”
Rebecca answered.
“It has to be.”
“What if Richard finds it?”
“He hasn’t in three years.”
Richard’s skin went cold.
Stephen opened the desk.
Rebecca searched the closet.
Then Stephen said:
“If Laura kept the original toxicology report, we have a problem.”
Richard stopped breathing.
Denise covered her mouth.
Laura had died after collapsing at home.
The official cause was a sudden cardiac event.
She had been thirty-four.
Healthy.
Richard had questioned it.
Stephen had assured him rare things happened.
On the video, Rebecca whispered:
“You told me the hospital copy was gone.”
“It is.”
“And the lab?”
“Handled.”
Richard paused the recording.
His hands were shaking.
Rebecca shouted from the hallway.
“You’re misunderstanding it!”
Richard looked toward the door.
“What toxicology report?”
She said nothing.
He pressed play.
Stephen’s next words changed everything.
“Laura knew someone was switching her medication.”
Ethan looked at his father.
Richard could barely breathe.
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Then Rebecca said:
“She never proved it was me.”
