{"id":1991,"date":"2026-09-11T19:41:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T19:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/?p=1991"},"modified":"2026-09-11T19:41:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T19:41:22","slug":"part-11-grandpas-exhumation-exposed-a-dangerous-medication-change-but-june-discovered-robert-had-manipulated-dale-into-carrying-the-very-pills-that-could-have-killed-harold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/?p=1991","title":{"rendered":"PART 11 \u2013 Grandpa\u2019s Exhumation Exposed a Dangerous Medication Change, but June Discovered Robert Had Manipulated Dale Into Carrying the Very Pills That Could Have Killed Harold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The exhumation happened two days later.<\/p>\n<p>June did not attend.<\/p>\n<p>She drove to the cemetery before sunrise, parked outside the locked gate and sat there until the first excavation vehicle appeared.<\/p>\n<p>Then she left.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI already buried him once,\u201d she told me.<\/p>\n<p>She spent the morning at Grandpa\u2019s kitchen table instead.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel sat across from her.<\/p>\n<p>They had begun talking in fragments.<\/p>\n<p>Not about Robert.<\/p>\n<p>Not about Sarah.<\/p>\n<p>Ordinary things.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel hated tomatoes.<\/p>\n<p>June loved them.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel worked with electrical systems.<\/p>\n<p>June could barely replace a wall switch without calling someone.<\/p>\n<p>Both drank coffee black.<\/p>\n<p>Both rubbed the side of their thumb when anxious.<\/p>\n<p>The similarities unsettled them almost as much as the differences.<\/p>\n<p>At noon, Mercer arrived.<\/p>\n<p>June looked at his face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou found something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have preliminary toxicology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel put down his coffee.<\/p>\n<p>Mercer sat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarold had digoxin in his system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>June frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe took digoxin years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot at the time of his death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. Cardiology discontinued it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEight months earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mercer nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat matches the medical records.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>June\u2019s expression changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPotentially toxic concentration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She stood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPotentially?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe medical examiner will not give a final cause until additional testing is complete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut digoxin can cause arrhythmia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrandpa had heart disease.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo an overdose could look like his heart simply failed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>June gripped the chair.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel stood beside her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere would someone get it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>June already knew.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrandpa had old tablets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mercer looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMedicine cabinet. I told him to dispose of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you personally see him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>June closed her eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe kept everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mercer nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeputies found an old prescription bottle in the workshop trash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmpty?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFingerprints?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing processed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>June sat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRobert says Dale put it in his pills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCould he?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou prepared Harold\u2019s organizer Wednesday?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen did he die?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFriday night or early Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDale visited Thursday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>June corrected him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDale said Thursday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mercer looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou doubt it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI doubt everybody now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They reconstructed the week.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday evening, June filled Grandpa\u2019s medication organizer.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday afternoon, Dale claimed he visited to return tools.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday night, Grandpa called June.<\/p>\n<p>She remembered the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said he felt nauseated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mercer leaned forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou never mentioned that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe complained about his stomach constantly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat else?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said the lights looked strange.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought he meant his vision was blurry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mercer\u2019s eyes sharpened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVisual disturbances can occur with digoxin toxicity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>June\u2019s face collapsed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told him to drink water and call his doctor in the morning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou did not know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a nurse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou did not know he had taken digoxin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI should have asked more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel touched her arm.<\/p>\n<p>She pulled away\u2014not from him, but from the thought.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he say anything else?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mercer asked.<\/p>\n<p>June stared at the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe asked whether I had changed his pills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told him no.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said one looked different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mercer wrote quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich dose?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he describe the pill?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>June searched her memory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmall. White.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat describes thousands of medications.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her voice broke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told him manufacturers change tablets sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nobody spoke.<\/p>\n<p>June whispered, \u201cHe was asking me for help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mercer waited.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened Friday?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI called before work. He said he felt better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you see him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone else?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCarol brought groceries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mercer wrote that down.<\/p>\n<p>June frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWait.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCarol said she left them on the porch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe said Grandpa was sleeping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mercer looked toward the hallway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid she enter?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They called Carol.<\/p>\n<p>She arrived forty minutes later looking frightened before anyone asked a question.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, I went inside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>June stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou told me you left the groceries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou just said you went inside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI put them in the kitchen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you see Grandpa?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you touch his medication?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you see anyone?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carol hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>June stood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The room went still.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFriday afternoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you tell us?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe asked me not to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>June laughed in disbelief.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carol began crying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said Grandpa had accused him of stealing documents. He didn\u2019t want everyone making assumptions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was Dale doing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComing out of the workshop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCarrying anything?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA plastic bag.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mercer asked, \u201cColor?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPharmacy bag. White.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>June sat slowly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you speak?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said he was returning something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe socket set?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mercer left to contact Dale\u2019s attorney.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel watched June.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou think he did it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou look like you do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look like I\u2019m tired of discovering every person in my family had a secret appointment with Grandpa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The preliminary fingerprint result arrived that evening.<\/p>\n<p>The old digoxin bottle carried Harold\u2019s prints.<\/p>\n<p>June\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>And Dale\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>June stared at the report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy prints make sense. I handled his medication.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mercer nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDale\u2019s?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has no obvious caregiving reason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dale\u2019s attorney arranged an interview the following morning.<\/p>\n<p>Dale entered with none of his earlier anger.<\/p>\n<p>He looked exhausted.<\/p>\n<p>Mercer placed a photograph of the bottle in front of him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour fingerprints were recovered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dale stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can explain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>June sat behind Mercer despite his recommendation that she remain elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dale looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRobert gave me the bottle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThursday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said Grandpa had accidentally mixed old medication with current prescriptions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>June stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you believed him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said you had asked him to retrieve it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never asked Dad anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he tell you to do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGo through the organizer and remove tablets matching the bottle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>June\u2019s expression hardened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you touched Grandpa\u2019s pills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you put digoxin into them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you remove anything?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t tell which pills were which.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI took the organizer to the kitchen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>June leaned forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRobert called.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mercer said, \u201cRobert was in Colorado according to his family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wasn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>June\u2019s eyes narrowed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere was he?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOutside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The room became silent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOutside Grandpa\u2019s house?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThursday evening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The hidden-camera photograph had placed Robert at the farm nine days before Harold died.<\/p>\n<p>Now Dale put him there again roughly thirty-six hours before the death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you tell us?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dale rubbed his face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I knew how it looked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow does it look now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>June sat back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRobert came inside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Grandpa see him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. He was in the barn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did Dad do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe looked through the organizer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor how long?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe a minute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you watch?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told me to find Grandpa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>June closed her eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you left him alone with the pills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you returned?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe organizer was closed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything else?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe gave me the old bottle and told me to throw it away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI forgot. It stayed in my truck until Friday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen did it reach the workshop trash?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFriday afternoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy were you back?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo get rid of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carol\u2019s sighting now made sense.<\/p>\n<p>June stared at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Dad ask you to keep quiet?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said Grandpa would think we were snooping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>June laughed once.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDale, you were snooping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mercer placed another document down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy were you helping Robert?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dale looked away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoney.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFifty thousand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLetting him use Prairie Heritage Holdings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>June\u2019s expression changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you knew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought it was a property transaction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Grandpa\u2019s assets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRobert said Grandpa had agreed to restructure ownership to avoid taxes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you believed that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas had used almost the same language about his own failures.<\/p>\n<p>Dale continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRobert told me I\u2019d receive fifty thousand for letting the transaction pass through my company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you sign documents?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlank documents?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dale nodded.<\/p>\n<p>Mercer\u2019s expression hardened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was extraordinarily reckless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>June stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDad said you had signed enough that nobody would believe you were innocent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dale closed his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you forge Grandpa\u2019s signature?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you know it was forged?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot until later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe day before Grandpa died.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>June went still.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrandpa called me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told me he knew about Prairie Heritage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said if I came clean, he would help me separate myself from Robert\u2019s scheme.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>June stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrandpa offered to help you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI panicked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you tell Dad?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mercer leaned forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThursday afternoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before Robert appeared at the farm.<\/p>\n<p>The timeline locked into place.<\/p>\n<p>Grandpa confronted Dale.<\/p>\n<p>Dale warned Robert.<\/p>\n<p>Robert came to the farm.<\/p>\n<p>Robert handled the medication organizer.<\/p>\n<p>Grandpa developed symptoms consistent with digoxin toxicity that night.<\/p>\n<p>June\u2019s hands shook.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDad used you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dale looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou helped him get access.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then you hid it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I thought if Grandpa died naturally, none of it mattered anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>June stood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNone of it mattered?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t mean\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou all keep talking about him like he was a locked account.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dale lowered his head.<\/p>\n<p>Mercer asked one final question.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Robert ever mention digoxin?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dale thought.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot by name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything about Harold\u2019s heart medication?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>June froze.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRobert asked what would happen if Grandpa accidentally took an old prescription.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThursday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat I didn\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything else?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said with Grandpa\u2019s heart, nobody would question it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>June sat down.<\/p>\n<p>The room became very quiet.<\/p>\n<p>Mercer closed his notebook.<\/p>\n<p>Dale looked toward June.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She stared at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re sorry because you finally understand what you helped happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s better than nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dale looked hopeful.<\/p>\n<p>Then June finished.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it isn\u2019t the same as forgiveness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later that afternoon, the medical examiner called.<\/p>\n<p>The final toxicology interpretation was not yet complete, but the findings supported lethal digoxin toxicity as a significant contributor to Harold Parker\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>The death certificate would likely be amended.<\/p>\n<p>Natural causes was no longer sustainable.<\/p>\n<p>June walked alone to Grandpa\u2019s barn.<\/p>\n<p>I found her beside the workbench.<\/p>\n<p>She had opened one of his drawers.<\/p>\n<p>Inside were screws separated into labeled jars.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing important.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing secret.<\/p>\n<p>Just Grandpa.<\/p>\n<p>She picked up a jar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe knew Dad was dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe still let him remain in our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe protected him after Sarah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Dad may have killed him anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I did not answer.<\/p>\n<p>June placed the jar back exactly where it had been.<\/p>\n<p>Then she noticed something beneath it.<\/p>\n<p>A folded index card.<\/p>\n<p>Her name was written on the front.<\/p>\n<p>She opened it.<\/p>\n<p>Grandpa had left another note.<\/p>\n<p>Not legal.<\/p>\n<p>Not part of the trust.<\/p>\n<p>Only six lines.<\/p>\n<p>June read them twice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She handed it to me.<\/p>\n<p>Harold had written that if June ever discovered the truth about his death, she should not waste her life trying to decide whether his past silence made him deserve what happened.<\/p>\n<p>He knew he had failed people.<\/p>\n<p>That did not give anyone permission to kill him.<\/p>\n<p>At the bottom was one final instruction.<\/p>\n<p>CHECK THE WEDNESDAY CAMERA BEFORE YOU BELIEVE ROBERT CAME ALONE.<\/p>\n<p>June looked up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Wednesday camera?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then she remembered.<\/p>\n<p>Grandpa had installed more than 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