Chapter 3 - The Call Before the CrashDetective Lena Ortiz reopened the accident investigation.
The drunk driver had crossed the center line.
That part was true.
But Ethan hadn't been driving his normal route.
His phone showed a four-minute call from Mark.
Twenty minutes later, Ethan changed direction.
Then he crashed.
“Why was he on that road?” I asked.
Ortiz shook her head.
“We don't know yet.”
Then she told me Ethan's dash camera was missing.
He loved that camera.
It recorded everything.
Police initially believed it had been destroyed in the wreck.
They were wrong.
Ethan had left something else behind.
A recording.
His voice.
My father's voice.
Richard:
“You married into money and forgot who raised her.”
Ethan:
“Rachel isn't an account.”
Richard:
“She owes us.”
Ethan:
“No.”
Then my father said something that chilled me.
“You think those babies make you untouchable?”
The recording ended.
I stared at David.
“Why didn't Ethan tell me?”
David looked down.
“Because he planned to tell you the night he died.”
My husband had been trying to protect me while I slept peacefully at home, believing the biggest problem in my life was finding enough room for two cribs.
Then police discovered Mark had met someone in the hospital parking garage before confronting me.
His name was Tyler Ross.
Tyler's brother was Caleb Ross.
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Caleb was the drunk driver who killed Ethan.
Suddenly, the accident didn't look so simple.
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