Watching the footage made my entire body tremble.
Rachel began crying.
“I was afraid of him,” she admitted.
Jason shouted from across the church.
“She was still breathing!”
Michael turned toward him.
“So you knew she needed help.”
Jason realized what he’d revealed.
According to Michael, a neighbor named Mrs. Henson had alerted emergency responders.
Police officers soon entered the church.
Jason was taken into custody while investigators pursued allegations involving the staircase incident, fraud, forged records, and the Carter trust.
As officers escorted him toward the doors, he twisted around.
“You think you’ve won?”
Michael said nothing.
Jason laughed.
“There’s one thing Lily never discovered.”
He paused.
“Thirty million dollars.”
Then the doors closed.
Everyone turned toward Michael.
His expression had changed.
Before anyone could question him, Lily’s phone began ringing.
The caller’s name appeared on the screen.
MICAH.
Michael’s childhood nickname.
He answered.
