Chapter 5 - The Storage UnitThe second recorder was hidden behind an old radio in my father's workshop.
It contained hours of conversations.
Melissa knew about the sale of Carter & Sons.
She knew about the negotiations.
She knew things only three people should have known.
Me.
My CFO, Kevin.
And my attorney.
Then Detective Harris called.
Police had discovered a storage unit near Harry Hines Boulevard.
Unit 214.
Inside were copies of company records.
My identification.
Financial documents.
A duplicate corporate seal.
And an envelope addressed to Michael Bennett.
Inside?
Five hundred thousand dollars.
Conditional on Michael signing away any claim to Carter & Sons.
Then my phone rang.
An unknown number.
A man's voice said:
“Daniel Carter, your wife has been lying to both of us.”
Michael Bennett.
He claimed Melissa had contacted him.
He claimed she was trying to buy his silence.
Then my office security system alerted me.
A visitor was downstairs.
Michael Bennett.
He wasn't alone.
Standing beside him was a terrified sixteen-year-old girl.
Her name was Grace.
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And when she looked at me, I felt something I couldn't explain.
She had my father's eyes.
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