The lawyer contacted the authorities and explained that someone appeared to be using Andrew’s past to threaten us.
We provided the original envelope, the photograph, and the delivery information.
Meanwhile, Marcus sent us copies of his messages with Kayla and Daniel.
One message stood out.
Daniel had written: Your sister’s husband has the same weakness every decent man has.
He thinks keeping secrets protects the people he loves.
Another said: If the wife starts asking questions, use the old marriage.
People will believe anything once they suspect betrayal.
I read those lines twice.
Daniel hadn’t discovered Andrew’s past by accident.
He had deliberately found a way to turn it into a weapon.
But how?
We began reconstructing the timeline.
Claire and Andrew had divorced five years earlier.
Daniel’s previous court case had occurred around the same time.
The two men had lived in different cities, but the financial fraud involved a network of people who used stolen identities to obtain loans.
