When they tried to access funds from their hidden accounts, they discovered those accounts were locked pending investigation.
Their credit cards were flagged, and their phones were monitored through warrants approved by Detective Delgado.
After three weeks they grew desperate and made the mistake of returning to my house late one Friday night while Ava was performing in a school play.
Victor had already installed additional surveillance equipment throughout the property, all feeding directly to the police department.
Lauren confronted me in the living room as I entered, shouting, “You are destroying innocent people because you cannot handle the truth.”
I looked at her and replied calmly, “Innocent like my father was when that beam fell.”
Blake stepped from the shadows holding a handgun that had once been locked in my safe.
“You do not understand,” he said, his voice shaking, “your father ruined my family.”
I answered, “So you murdered him and spent twenty years planning to murder me too.”
Lauren raised her own pistol and insisted, “It was never personal until you became so ruthless in business that we knew you would never stop if you discovered us.”