Chapter 3: The Letter Tyler Never Opened
Chapter 3: The Letter Tyler Never Opened
The investigation moved faster than anyone expected.
Forensics examined the broken deck.
Their conclusion stunned everyone.
The railing hadn't failed naturally.
Its main support bolts had been loosened days earlier.
Someone had intentionally weakened it.
Detective Carter immediately obtained a search warrant.
Marcus's laptop revealed security logs.
At exactly 4:31 p.m.—six minutes before my fall—
someone remotely deleted footage from two backyard cameras.
But Marcus had made one mistake.
The deletion log remained.
And it required his administrator password.
Meanwhile, Tyler finally opened the handwritten letter Grandmother Rose had left him.
Inside were only three pages.
The first sentence drained every ounce of color from his face.
Tyler,
If you're reading this, you have already lost something far more valuable than money.
Grandmother wrote that she had quietly investigated the missing company funds years earlier.
She knew Tyler had stolen from the family business.
She knew Harold had covered it up.
She knew Diane had begged employees to stay silent.
Most importantly—
She had documented everything.
Copies had already been delivered to her attorney.
Along with instructions that they only be released if anyone challenged her will.
Tyler slammed the letter shut.
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For the first time in his life...
He realized Grandma had anticipated exactly what he might do.
