{"id":1292,"date":"2026-09-09T13:23:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/?p=1292"},"modified":"2026-09-09T13:23:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:23:27","slug":"part-11-the-words-fix-thursday-made-travis-stop-pretending-and-his-second-statement-finally-explained-who-decided-harold-could-not-reach-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/?p=1292","title":{"rendered":"PART 11 \u2013 The Words \u201cFix Thursday\u201d Made Travis Stop Pretending, and His Second Statement Finally Explained Who Decided Harold Could Not Reach Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Travis asked for a lawyer before answering another question.<\/p>\n<p>That told Celeste more than his first interview had.<\/p>\n<p>His earlier willingness to talk had depended on believing he could place the dangerous parts of the story on Melissa and Renata while describing himself as a frightened bystander.<\/p>\n<p>The ledger ruined that strategy.<\/p>\n<p>His initials appeared beside money.<\/p>\n<p>His business stationery had been used to threaten Harold.<\/p>\n<p>His garage had concealed the damaged vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>His brother\u2019s company had issued the loan against the Fenn land.<\/p>\n<p>And someone in records maintained at his business had written:<\/p>\n<p>H found out. Fix Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>By the following afternoon, Travis wanted a deal.<\/p>\n<p>I was not allowed to participate in those discussions.<\/p>\n<p>Good.<\/p>\n<p>If someone had asked me that day what mercy he deserved, I might have answered badly.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, I waited in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Waiting had become its own occupation.<\/p>\n<p>Coffee.<\/p>\n<p>Phone.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>Documents.<\/p>\n<p>Grief.<\/p>\n<p>Repeat.<\/p>\n<p>Eileen finally took my phone away during lunch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are chewing like somebody gave you instructions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m waiting for Celeste.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe knows your number.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat if I miss the call?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen civilization collapses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>She ate another bite of salad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need somebody in this family willing to annoy you for free.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have several.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m the best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She was.<\/p>\n<p>The call came at 3:40.<\/p>\n<p>Eileen handed me the phone without comment.<\/p>\n<p>Celeste sounded tired.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTravis gave a second statement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he tell the truth this time?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told more of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I had learned to appreciate that distinction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does he say \u2018Fix Thursday\u2019 meant?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStop Harold from going to the attorney or police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInitially, financially.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I almost laughed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey hoped to convince Harold that exposing the trust arrangement would also expose the forged 1998 estate amendment and create legal problems for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlackmail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas Harold afraid?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApparently not enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That sounded right.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened Thursday?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRenata and Melissa knew Harold was confronting Daniel that evening. Travis says they expected Renata to pressure him into delaying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Harold left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the folder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRenata called Melissa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stood and walked toward the porch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere was Melissa?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Travis\u2019s dealership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Travis?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did Renata say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to Travis, she said Harold was taking the records to you and then going to police the next morning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My heart tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did she ask Melissa to do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet the folder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose exact words?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTravis says Renata said, \u2018Do not let him get home with it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stopped.<\/p>\n<p>There are sentences that become sinister only because of what follows.<\/p>\n<p>Do not let him get home with it.<\/p>\n<p>It could mean persuade him.<\/p>\n<p>Stop him.<\/p>\n<p>Take the folder.<\/p>\n<p>It could mean worse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did Melissa do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTook Renata\u2019s SUV.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy Renata\u2019s?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer own car was being serviced at the dealership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That detail had bothered investigators.<\/p>\n<p>Now it had an explanation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Travis go?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he know what Melissa planned?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe says she intended to force Harold to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy hitting his truck?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe denies knowing that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConvenient.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened when Melissa caught him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe flashed the lights. Honked. Tried calling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarold didn\u2019t stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen she pulled alongside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd hit him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTravis says Melissa later described the first contact as accidental.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat about the second attempt?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe says she tried to block him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the crash?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarold swerved to avoid her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>The tree.<\/p>\n<p>The crushed truck.<\/p>\n<p>The hospital corridor.<\/p>\n<p>All because somebody decided a folder mattered more than letting an old man drive home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Melissa mean to kill him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTravis says no.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does Melissa say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe still has not given a full statement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes Travis say Renata ordered violence?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen what can be proven?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is for prosecutors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I knew.<\/p>\n<p>But I needed the boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>I needed to separate what I believed from what evidence could support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened after the crash?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMelissa called Renata.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore 911.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRenata told Daniel they needed to go there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTravis says Renata wanted the folder before police arrived.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My stomach turned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did Melissa do while she waited?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe removed the folder and Harold\u2019s phone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarold was conscious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid she help him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot meaningfully.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The phrase made me furious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe checked whether he was alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is not helping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid she call anyone?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRenata.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot emergency services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I gripped the railing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened when Daniel and Renata arrived?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaniel went to Harold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Renata?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe went to Melissa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the folder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen Renata took Harold\u2019s phone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho called 911?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaniel, using Renata\u2019s phone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy hers?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Renata had already told him his phone needed to disappear from the story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel had obeyed.<\/p>\n<p>Again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened to Melissa?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe left in the damaged SUV before emergency responders arrived.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo Travis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Travis hid the car.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he do to it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemoved damaged exterior components, replaced a headlamp assembly, repainted part of the passenger side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen sold it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEventually, through an intermediary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes the vehicle still exist?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A pause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My eyes opened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInvestigators traced the VIN.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The SUV had traveled through three owners and two states.<\/p>\n<p>It was now registered to a family in Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>Completely innocent people who had purchased a used vehicle without knowing its history.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators secured it for examination.<\/p>\n<p>Four years of repairs, weather, and normal use had damaged the evidence.<\/p>\n<p>But not necessarily erased it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere may be paint transfer in protected areas,\u201d Celeste explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom Harold\u2019s truck?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPossibly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo they still have his truck?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe insurer retained photographs and samples. The wreck itself was destroyed years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course.<\/p>\n<p>Still, a possibility existed.<\/p>\n<p>I sat quietly.<\/p>\n<p>Then I asked the question I had avoided.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy did Travis keep the photograph?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Celeste sighed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInsurance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgainst Renata?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Melissa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo all three distrusted each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApparently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople commit crimes together and take souvenirs in case they need leverage later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I thought of Harold.<\/p>\n<p>He trusted records because records did not change their stories depending on who was asking.<\/p>\n<p>That habit might now be the reason his death could be understood.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel came to Georgia the following weekend.<\/p>\n<p>He asked first.<\/p>\n<p>That mattered.<\/p>\n<p>I told him he could stay at a hotel.<\/p>\n<p>He did not argue.<\/p>\n<p>We met on my porch Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>He looked exhausted.<\/p>\n<p>For several minutes neither of us knew what to say.<\/p>\n<p>Finally he noticed the roses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAunt Eileen trimmed those wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From inside the house Eileen shouted, \u201cI heard that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For one second, Daniel laughed.<\/p>\n<p>So did I.<\/p>\n<p>Then Harold\u2019s absence returned between us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m separating from Renata,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>I nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI filed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe says I\u2019m abandoning her when she needs me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you think?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looked toward the yard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I\u2019ve been afraid of being the bad guy for so long that I helped worse things happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was more insight than I expected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour father understood that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His eyes filled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI keep replaying the recording.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t owe yourself repeated punishment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI left him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI deleted the call.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI lied to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He flinched.<\/p>\n<p>I continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose things are true whether you listen a thousand times or once.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat am I supposed to do with that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLive differently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He stared at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know how.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLearn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harold would have said the same thing with fewer words.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel wiped his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you hate me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That answer surprised him.<\/p>\n<p>It did not surprise me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am furious with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t trust you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut hate is easier than what I feel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you feel?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re my son.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His face broke.<\/p>\n<p>I let him cry.<\/p>\n<p>I did not rescue him from it.<\/p>\n<p>After a while, he asked about the house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you really raising the rent?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He laughed weakly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI deserved that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt isn\u2019t punishment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarket rate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That made him laugh harder.<\/p>\n<p>I smiled despite myself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat are you going to do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMove.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmaller place. Sophie may stay with me. Ethan says he wants equal time if things settle down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRenata says the house is partly hers because she contributed rent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is not how ownership works.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProgress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He nodded.<\/p>\n<p>Then his expression became serious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMom, there\u2019s something about the lottery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stiffened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t tell Renata.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou told me she knew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI finally figured it out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I waited.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour birthday ticket wasn\u2019t random.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The porch seemed to become quieter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRenata bought several tickets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is normal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. She checked them before putting yours in the card.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow could she check a scratch ticket without scratching it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe didn\u2019t know the exact prize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen what did she know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe bought the tickets from Melissa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMelissa sells lottery tickets?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe worked part-time managing accounts for a convenience-store chain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another financial job.<\/p>\n<p>Of course.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does that have to do with my ticket?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMelissa knew a top-prize ticket had been delivered somewhere in a particular batch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean she knew which ticket.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRenata took tickets from that batch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My heartbeat changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStole them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaniel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe said Melissa gave them to her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe thought one might be valuable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd she gave one to me as a joke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat makes no sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unless Renata expected to retrieve it.<\/p>\n<p>The memory returned.<\/p>\n<p>Let me see.<\/p>\n<p>Her hand reaching across the table.<\/p>\n<p>Then later:<\/p>\n<p>You really didn\u2019t win anything?<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the ticket had never been intended as a gift.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps it was a way to scratch a ticket without technically possessing it when someone else was watching.<\/p>\n<p>Or perhaps I was overthinking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened to the other tickets?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRenata scratched them later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmall prizes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid she realize mine might be the missing ticket?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEventually.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the top prize was claimed through a trust connected to Andrew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That fit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe traced the lawyer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMelissa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Again.<\/p>\n<p>Everything seemed to return to Melissa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat exactly did Renata expect on my birthday?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel shook his head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think she expected you to scratch it, laugh, hand it back if it was worthless, and maybe let her check it if it won something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I put it in my pocket.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd said nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A strange smile touched my face.<\/p>\n<p>For once, being underestimated had protected me.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel looked embarrassed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe called you cheap.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI noticed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI should have said something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He accepted that.<\/p>\n<p>Progress again.<\/p>\n<p>That afternoon, Celeste called.<\/p>\n<p>The recovered SUV had been examined.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators found old damage beneath replacement body panels.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly, inside a protected section of the passenger-side wheel well was a microscopic layer of green automotive paint.<\/p>\n<p>Harold\u2019s truck had been green.<\/p>\n<p>Laboratory comparison would take time.<\/p>\n<p>But the manufacturer\u2019s composition and age were consistent.<\/p>\n<p>Not proof yet.<\/p>\n<p>Evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Then Celeste told me something else.<\/p>\n<p>Melissa wanted to speak.<\/p>\n<p>Not to police first.<\/p>\n<p>To me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d Celeste said before I could answer. \u201cYou are not meeting her privately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t say I would.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou were thinking it loudly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I almost smiled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does she want?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe says she will give a full statement if she can tell you something about Harold beforehand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat sounds manipulative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt probably is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe says there is one part Travis still hasn\u2019t admitted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich part?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to Melissa, Travis was not at the dealership when Harold crashed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere was he?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe says he was in another vehicle behind her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing Harold too?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMelissa claims she was supposed to make Harold stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Travis?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Celeste paused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo make sure he did.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/?p=1293\">Click 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