Rebecca stared at the marina receipt for so long that Grant finally took the phone from her.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou said you weren\u2019t there.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t at the explosion.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat wasn\u2019t the question.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rebecca looked at me.<\/p>\n
I waited.<\/p>\n
No rescue.<\/p>\n
No excuse.<\/p>\n
No opportunity to hide behind my feelings.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d she said. \u201cI was in Maine.\u201d<\/p>\n
Marcus turned away.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou knew Victor was there?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe contacted me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter twelve years?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot twelve then.\u201d<\/p>\n
Victor died two years after Rebecca\u2019s supposed death.<\/p>\n
By that time, she had established a hidden life in Canada and traveled under another identity.<\/p>\n
Victor somehow found her.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe sent a message through an old friend.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did he want?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo apologize.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor assaulting you?\u201d<\/p>\n
Rebecca\u2019s eyes filled.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe never used that word.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
That mattered.<\/p>\n
Victor asked to meet.<\/p>\n
Rebecca initially refused.<\/p>\n
Then he mentioned me.<\/p>\n
He said he had proof of my parentage and documents protecting assets for me.<\/p>\n
So Rebecca went.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you tell police after he died?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I was legally dead.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat excuse is getting old.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her acceptance irritated me more than resistance.<\/p>\n
\u201cTell me what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rebecca met Victor at a marina restaurant.<\/p>\n
He looked frightened.<\/p>\n
He said Charles had discovered the will.<\/p>\n
Charles had also discovered Victor had transferred interests in several companies into structures intended for me.<\/p>\n
Victor planned to disappear.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wanted me to take you.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cTake me where?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCanada.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow old was I?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTwenty-three.\u201d<\/p>\n
I almost laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was an adult.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid either of you consider asking me?\u201d<\/p>\n
Rebecca closed her eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
There it was again.<\/p>\n
Every person claimed to protect me.<\/p>\n
None considered informing me.<\/p>\n
Victor wanted Rebecca to contact me after he escaped.<\/p>\n
He planned to expose Linda and Charles.<\/p>\n
He also planned to confess what had happened the night I was conceived.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he admit it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Marcus sat down heavily.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did he say?\u201d<\/p>\n
Rebecca\u2019s voice became flat.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said he drugged me.\u201d<\/p>\n
No one moved.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said he had been obsessed with me. He said afterward he panicked. Then he introduced Marcus because he thought if I loved someone else quickly enough, I would never question the pregnancy.\u201d<\/p>\n
I felt sick.<\/p>\n
Victor had not merely harmed Rebecca.<\/p>\n
He had engineered the aftermath.<\/p>\n
Marcus had been used as camouflage.<\/p>\n
I had been born inside the consequences.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you forgive him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen why help him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t helping him. I wanted the documents for you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat documents?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHis will. Corporate records. A confession.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he give them to you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSome.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere are they?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTeresa had copies.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grant asked about the night of the fire.<\/p>\n
After dinner, Victor left in his boat.<\/p>\n
Rebecca remained at the marina.<\/p>\n
She saw another man arrive.<\/p>\n
Charles.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey argued near the dock.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou saw Charles?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Victor see him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cVictor told me to leave.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rebecca drove away.<\/p>\n
Twenty minutes later, she saw smoke over the water.<\/p>\n
She turned back.<\/p>\n
Emergency vehicles had arrived.<\/p>\n
She could not risk being identified.<\/p>\n
So she watched from a distance.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you know Victor died?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI suspected.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you know the body was identified as Charles?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot until later.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen you realized Charles had taken Victor\u2019s identity.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you still stayed silent.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI had already survived one sabotaged boat.\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believed Charles knew I had met Victor. I thought you would be safer if everyone continued believing I was dead.\u201d<\/p>\n
Maybe she believed that.<\/p>\n
It did not make the choice hers to make.<\/p>\n
Grant asked about the marina receipt.<\/p>\n
Rebecca had rented a small motorboat earlier that day because Victor wanted to show her where he stored backup documents.<\/p>\n
She signed under her real name by mistake.<\/p>\n
Jackson must have found the archived receipt while investigating Victor.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo Jackson knows everything,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEnough to be dangerous,\u201d Grant replied.<\/p>\n
My phone buzzed.<\/p>\n
Jackson again.<\/p>\n
A location pin.<\/p>\n
An abandoned resort outside Albany.<\/p>\n
Then:<\/p>\n
ONE HOUR.<\/p>\n
BRING NO POLICE.<\/p>\n
Grant almost smiled.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe doesn\u2019t get to set those terms.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another message arrived.<\/p>\n
A live video.<\/p>\n
Teresa sat at a table.<\/p>\n
She looked frightened but unharmed.<\/p>\n
Jackson stepped into frame.<\/p>\n
\u201cEmily.\u201d<\/p>\n
His voice sounded almost normal.<\/p>\n
Like the brother who used to call because he had forgotten Dad\u2019s birthday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know Grant is watching. That\u2019s fine.\u201d<\/p>\n
He looked directly into the camera.<\/p>\n
\u201cTeresa has Victor\u2019s original will. She also knows where Charles keeps the documents proving what he did.\u201d<\/p>\n
Teresa said something.<\/p>\n
Jackson muted her.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not going to hurt her.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grant whispered, \u201cDon\u2019t believe that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jackson continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cCharles will.\u201d<\/p>\n
He claimed Charles was looking for the resort too.<\/p>\n
Teresa had hidden there after leaving Georgia.<\/p>\n
Jackson found her first because she contacted him.<\/p>\n
Not because he kidnapped her.<\/p>\n
Teresa nodded when he unmuted her.<\/p>\n
\u201cI contacted Jackson.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d I asked the screen, though it wasn\u2019t interactive.<\/p>\n
Jackson answered as if anticipating me.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause she thought I could protect her.\u201d<\/p>\n
He smiled bitterly.<\/p>\n
\u201cImagine that.\u201d<\/p>\n
The video ended.<\/p>\n
A message followed.<\/p>\n
YOU CAN SEND GRANT TO THE WRONG PLACE OR YOU CAN COME HEAR THE TRUTH.<\/p>\n
Grant began mobilizing tactical officers.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re not seriously considering his demand.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m considering why he expects me to.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wants control.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes. But if Teresa contacted him voluntarily, there\u2019s something else.\u201d<\/p>\n
Marcus understood.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wants Emily to choose him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Exactly.<\/p>\n
Jackson had spent his life believing everyone chose someone else.<\/p>\n
Linda chose money and secrecy.<\/p>\n
Robert chose Linda.<\/p>\n
Charles chose schemes.<\/p>\n
Arthur chose me financially.<\/p>\n
Now Jackson wanted to force a symbolic decision.<\/p>\n
Trust him or trust police.<\/p>\n
I would do neither.<\/p>\n
\u201cCan we contact Teresa directly?\u201d<\/p>\n
Grant\u2019s team searched.<\/p>\n
Her phone was active.<\/p>\n
They obtained a number.<\/p>\n
I called.<\/p>\n
Jackson answered.<\/p>\n
\u201cHi, Em.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hearing the childhood nickname almost broke something in me.<\/p>\n
\u201cPut Teresa on.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCome here.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPut her on.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou always did like giving orders.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you always confused people cleaning up after you with people obeying you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
Then Teresa came on.<\/p>\n
\u201cEmily?\u201d<\/p>\n
Her voice trembled.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you there voluntarily?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCan you leave?\u201d<\/p>\n
A pause.<\/p>\n
Jackson said something away from the phone.<\/p>\n
Teresa answered.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
That meant no.<\/p>\n
\u201cHas he threatened you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHas he prevented you from leaving?\u201d<\/p>\n
Another pause.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jackson took the phone.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s not fair.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re holding her.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m protecting her.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery person in this family uses that word before taking away someone\u2019s choices.\u201d<\/p>\n
He became quiet.<\/p>\n
Good.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet her walk out.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCharles will find her.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPolice can protect her.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLike they protected me?\u201d<\/p>\n
Grant\u2019s jaw tightened.<\/p>\n
Jackson had a point about exactly one thing.<\/p>\n
Police corruption had enabled his escape.<\/p>\n
That did not make him trustworthy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you want?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe acknowledgment.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe original?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I can destroy it.\u201d<\/p>\n
That surprised everyone.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou spent months creating it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI spent months helping Charles create it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDifference?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNow there is.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jackson claimed he learned only recently that Charles never intended to share the trust.<\/p>\n
Once the acknowledgment became effective, Charles planned to remove Linda, frame Jackson for the fraud, and control the resulting assets through litigation.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou already committed the fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSome of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow comforting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jackson exhaled.<\/p>\n
\u201cCharles arranged the forged Reeves certification. He arranged the bank access. He told Mom the house would belong to me. He told me the trust would be divided.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you believed him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted to.\u201d<\/p>\n
Robert\u2019s phrase.<\/p>\n
I wanted to.<\/p>\n
The family disease.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat changed?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cVictor\u2019s will.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jackson had found a copy.<\/p>\n
Victor left assets to me, but included a provision involving his biological relatives.<\/p>\n
If I rejected the inheritance or died before accepting it, portions moved into trusts for Victor\u2019s descendants.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhich means?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMe, if Charles could establish me as Victor\u2019s son.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut Charles is your father.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cExactly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Charles planned to falsify another DNA result.<\/p>\n
Make Jackson legally appear to be Victor\u2019s son.<\/p>\n
Then if something happened to me, Jackson could become an heir.<\/p>\n
Charles would control Jackson.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why he stole Arthur\u2019s blood.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grant frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cArthur\u2019s blood wouldn\u2019t prove Victor paternity.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, but it can contaminate or confuse the Wilson lineage testing while Charles substitutes other samples.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jackson knew Charles\u2019s methods because Charles had taught him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you want from me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCome here with the trust acknowledgment. I give you Teresa, Victor\u2019s will, and everything I copied from Charles.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou let me leave.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grant shook her head vigorously.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
I ignored her.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere would you go?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes it matter?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSomewhere I stop being everyone\u2019s son.\u201d<\/p>\n
That was the first time Jackson sounded thirty rather than twelve or fifty.<\/p>\n
I hated that part of me still heard my brother.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou stole from me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou forged documents.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou lied to Khloe.\u201d<\/p>\n
His voice changed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou were willing to take her trust too.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI never completed that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou prepared it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t get absolution because someone worse frightened you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not asking for absolution.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you asking for?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA head start.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
He laughed softly.<\/p>\n
\u201cStill negotiating.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. Setting a boundary. You should try it sometime.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grant almost smiled.<\/p>\n
Jackson did not.<\/p>\n
Then he said, \u201cCharles is coming.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow do you know?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause Daniel Cole found us.\u201d<\/p>\n
The line went quiet.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere is Daniel?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDead.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grant moved instantly.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n
Jackson heard her.<\/p>\n
\u201cCharles shot him twenty minutes ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
Teresa cried out in the background.<\/p>\n
Grant signaled officers.<\/p>\n
The situation had changed from negotiation to immediate threat.<\/p>\n
\u201cJackson, leave the building.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCan\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCharles disabled my car.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWalk.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s watching the road.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere are you inside?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMain lodge.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grant\u2019s tactical map showed multiple entrances.<\/p>\n
Teams were twenty-eight minutes away.<\/p>\n
Too long.<\/p>\n
Jackson said, \u201cEmily, listen carefully. The original will is not with me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTeresa hid it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Teresa shouted, \u201cStop!\u201d<\/p>\n
Jackson continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe won\u2019t tell me where.\u201d<\/p>\n
That restored perspective.<\/p>\n
He was still coercing her.<\/p>\n
Still bargaining with information that wasn\u2019t his.<\/p>\n
Then a gunshot sounded.<\/p>\n
The phone dropped.<\/p>\n
Someone screamed.<\/p>\n
Grant shouted into the line.<\/p>\n
No answer.<\/p>\n
A second shot.<\/p>\n
Then silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cJackson?\u201d<\/p>\n
Nothing.<\/p>\n
\u201cTeresa?\u201d<\/p>\n
A man picked up.<\/p>\n
Older voice.<\/p>\n
Calm.<\/p>\n
\u201cEmily.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rebecca went pale.<\/p>\n
\u201cCharles.\u201d<\/p>\n
He laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cRebecca. Still difficult to kill.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grant signaled for tracing though the location was already known.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you do to Jackson?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour brother continues to disappoint me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe isn\u2019t my brother by blood.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBlood has caused enough trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIs he alive?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTeresa?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you want?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe same thing I have wanted since Arthur Wilson cheated my father.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMoney.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRestoration.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s a prettier word.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cArthur built your fortune with assets belonging to Thomas Vale.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen prove it in court.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cArthur made sure I couldn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo you forged identities and killed people instead?\u201d<\/p>\n
Charles became quiet.<\/p>\n
That silence told me more than denial.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou killed Victor.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe betrayed our family.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou killed your brother.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe chose Arthur\u2019s daughter over his own blood.\u201d<\/p>\n
Me.<\/p>\n
Victor had chosen me financially after violating Rebecca to create me.<\/p>\n
Nothing about that felt like love.<\/p>\n
Charles continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cBring me Amendment Eight and the original acknowledgment.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t have either.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can get them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen Teresa dies first.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rebecca moved toward the phone.<\/p>\n
\u201cCharles\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Jackson second.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy should I believe you won\u2019t kill them after?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou shouldn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
At least one person had stopped pretending.<\/p>\n
Grant scribbled instructions.<\/p>\n
Keep him talking.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy contact me at all?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause you are the only person whose signature can end this cleanly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is nothing clean about this.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor once, we agree.\u201d<\/p>\n
A noise came through the line.<\/p>\n
Teresa.<\/p>\n
She shouted something before Charles pulled the phone away.<\/p>\n
Three words.<\/p>\n
\u201cWillow Street Station!\u201d<\/p>\n
The call ended.<\/p>\n
Grant stared at the phone.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat wasn\u2019t the resort.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Teresa had given us another location.<\/p>\n
Willow Street Station.<\/p>\n
Grant searched.<\/p>\n
An abandoned railway station nine miles from the resort.<\/p>\n
Jackson\u2019s location pin had been false.<\/p>\n
Either intentionally or because Charles moved them.<\/p>\n
Teams redirected.<\/p>\n
I stood.<\/p>\n
Grant pointed at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t say anything.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou were about to.\u201d<\/p>\n
She was right.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re staying here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Officers reached Willow Street Station eighteen minutes later.<\/p>\n
No Charles.<\/p>\n
No Jackson.<\/p>\n
No Teresa.<\/p>\n
But there was blood.<\/p>\n
Daniel Cole lay dead near the rear entrance.<\/p>\n
Two different sets of tire tracks led away.<\/p>\n
On the ticket counter sat a manila envelope with my name.<\/p>\n
Inside was a photocopy of Victor\u2019s will.<\/p>\n
And a handwritten note from Teresa.<\/p>\n
Emily, if this reaches you, Jackson is telling the truth about one thing: Charles plans to make you disappear without killing you. He has already prepared another identity for you.<\/p>\n
Below that was a passport photograph.<\/p>\n
Mine.<\/p>\n
The passport name was not Emily Wilson.<\/p>\n
It was Rebecca Hale.<\/p>\n
My biological mother\u2019s first name.<\/p>\n
Marcus\u2019s surname.<\/p>\n
A woman who did not exist.<\/p>\n
Grant turned the page.<\/p>\n
There were bank accounts under that identity.<\/p>\n
A lease in Switzerland.<\/p>\n
Travel records.<\/p>\n
Medical documents.<\/p>\n
Charles had spent years building a second life on paper for me.<\/p>\n
If I disappeared, records could make it look as though I had voluntarily left the United States under an assumed identity.<\/p>\n
Exactly as Rebecca had once done.<\/p>\n
Then Grant found the final document in the envelope.<\/p>\n
A death certificate.<\/p>\n
Emily Wilson.<\/p>\n
Cause of death: accidental drowning.<\/p>\n
Date of death:<\/p>\n
Thirty-one days after Jackson\u2019s wedding.<\/p>\n
One day after the trust acknowledgment\u2019s challenge period expired.<\/p>\n
Charles did not merely intend to take my inheritance.<\/p>\n
He had already chosen the day the world would be told I was dead.<\/p>\n
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