while questions concerning travel documents and reported property were
addressed.
I did not arrange some cinematic arrest.
I did not have that power.
Relevant reports had been made.
Evidence had been provided.
What happened next belonged to professionals.
Daniel called again.
This time I answered.
“You called the police?”
“I contacted counsel.”
“You’re insane.”
“No.”
“You’re destroying my life over money.”
I looked at the safe.
“You tried to drug me.”
Silence.
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“I made you tea.”
“You made me tea for the first time in six years on the exact night you
emptied our safe.”
“You sound paranoid.”
“Then you won’t mind explaining what was in it.”
He stopped speaking.
That silence told me more than denial would have.
I had saved the cup.
Rebecca had told me to preserve it without handling it further.
Whatever testing eventually showed, I was not going to speculate.
PART 15
