The voice belonged to Walter Briggs, Paul’s business partner and supposedly his closest friend. Marsh explained that the call had reopened Paul’s death investigation. Paul, a structural engineer, had discovered dangerous cracks in a rental building Walter and Brandon co-owned. Worse, he uncovered safety reports they had paid someone to falsify. Paul intended to report everything. Two days later, the balcony he was inspecting collapsed beneath him, and his death was ruled an accident.

When I later started searching for Paul’s old files, Celeste and Brandon panicked. They tried having me declared incapable so they could control my property, seize my papers, and dismiss anything I discovered as grief-driven confusion. But I had already noticed their pattern. Gregory helped me contact police, the forged medical evaluation was exposed, and the conservatorship collapsed. My condo was placed safely into a trust. Then police searched Walter’s office—and discovered something hidden there that changed Paul’s case completely.