“And she knew?”
“I don’t know.”
I walked toward the window.
San Antonio glowed below.
Cars.
Lights.
People.
Normal life.
Mine no longer felt normal.
Then Henry said:
“The investigator quit two weeks later.”
I turned.
“Why?”
“He refused to explain.”
“Returned the retainer.”
“Destroyed most notes.”
“That sounds normal to you?”
“No.”
“What do you think happened?”
Alexander answered.
“I think someone frightened him.”
My skin went cold.
“Why would anyone care whether I was found?”
Nobody spoke.
Then Margaret said:
“Because of the Harrington family trust.”
There it was.
Money.
Always somewhere.
I sat again.
“Explain.”
Amelia had been Alexander’s only child.
She owned a substantial interest in Harrington Communications through a family trust.
If Amelia died without surviving descendants, those shares reverted to another family branch.
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