Chapter 2: What the Phone Was Still Recording
Part 2 ⬇️
Grant's arm dropped to his side.
The phone was still recording.
The woman in the gray suit introduced herself as Detective Harmon, Wake County Financial Crjmes Unit.
The two officers moved to either side of Grant without a word.
Diane stepped forward.
"This is a private event.
You have no right to—"
"Ma'am," Detective Harmon said, "please don't."
My battalion commander stood up slowly from his chair.
Grant looked at me.
For the first time all evening, the smirk was completely gone.
"Natalie." His voice dropped low.
"We can fix this.
Whatever you think you know—"
"I don't think anything," I said.
"I have bank records, a forensic signature analysis, and three years of wire transfers.
So does she."
Diane's face went the color of ash.
Detective Harmon held up a folded document.
"Mr.
Keller, this is a warrant covering your phone, your personal accounts, and the property records filed with Wake County in March of last year."
Grant turned to his mother.
She took one step back.
"You told me the paperwork was clean," he said quietly.
Diane said nothing.
That silence told the whole room everything.
Then one of the officers asked Grant to place the phone on the table — and I watched eighty-seven witnesses hold their breath.
But what they found on that phone was something even I wasn't prepared for.
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What Grant had recorded without realizing it changed everything.
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