“Em.”
I ran to him.
Part of me wanted to hug him.
Another part wanted to scream.
“You let us believe you were gone!”
“I know,” he said.
“Eleven years, Michael!”
“I’m sorry.”
I struck his chest, then wrapped my arms around him and cried.
But our reunion couldn’t erase the mystery surrounding Lily.
Michael explained that eleven years earlier, he’d uncovered suspicious transactions involving our grandfather’s company.
Money had been disappearing through shell businesses and false invoices.
A financial firm connected to Jason appeared repeatedly in the records.
When Michael began collecting evidence, someone forced his car off a road outside Austin.
Another man died in the accident.
Through manipulated identification records, our family was led to believe the deceased passenger was Michael. PlanFamily Trips
Meanwhile, Michael survived and eventually entered a protected arrangement connected to a federal investigation.
He stayed away because he believed returning would endanger us.
