Chapter 2: The Call Owen Made Before He Died
Part 2 ⬇️
The person I called wasn't a friend.
It wasn't a neighbor.
It was Owen's attorney.
I had his number saved because Owen had made me save it the week after our wedding.
He said, "If anything ever happens to me, you call Marcus first.
Before anyone else.
Before the police, before family.
Marcus first."
I never thought I'd need it.
Marcus answered on the second ring.
I told him where I was sitting.
I told him what Walter had done.
My voice didn't shake — I don't know how, but it didn't.
He said, "Don't move.
Don't sign anything.
I'll be there in twenty minutes."
He was there in fifteen.
Walter opened the door before Marcus even knocked.
He had that folder of paperwork in his hand, already smiling — the smile of a man who thought he'd already won.
The smile lasted about four seconds.
Marcus didn't raise his voice.
He didn't need to.
"Mr.
Voss, this property was placed into a protected trust the month after Owen and your daughter married.
You have no legal standing here.
Neither does anyone you've brought into this home."
Walter's face went the color of old ash.
Tatum appeared at the top of the stairs.
She looked at Walter.
Walter looked at the floor.
Then Marcus turned to me and said quietly, "There's something else.
Something Owen left that I think you need to see today."
He reached into his jacket.
What he pulled out made my breath stop completely.
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What was in that envelope — and did Walter know about it all along?
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What Marcus revealed next changed everything.
