Chapter 6 - The Recording Lily Left BehindThe police arrived within minutes.
The hallway cameras showed a man wearing a hood.
But he had already escaped.
Detectives took the note.
They also took our phones.
Ethan gave them everything.
The insurance documents.
The bank transfers.
The messages.
The mechanic's photographs.
But we still didn't have enough to prove who had caused Lily's death.
Then the detective asked:
“Did Lily leave anything behind?”
I thought about her apartment.
Her bedroom.
Her laptop.
Her journals.
We searched everything.
Nothing.
Then Ethan remembered something.
“Mom.”
“What?”
“Lily had a cloud account.”
We accessed it.
There was one audio file.
Recorded two days before her death.
I pressed play.
Lily's voice filled the room.
“Mom, if you're hearing this, something happened.”
My heart broke.
She sounded scared.
“I don't know who I can trust.”
There was a pause.
“I think Grandma is trying to get control of the insurance.”
My hands covered my mouth.
“I also think Dad knows.”
Another pause.
“I don't want you to panic.”
Her voice trembled.
“But if something happens to me, please don't let them tell you it was an accident.”
I began crying.
Then Lily said:
“I found a receipt.”
A rustling sound followed.
“Grandma paid Dr. Crane twenty thousand dollars.”
I looked at Ethan.
“Why?”
Lily continued.
“I don't know.”
Then her voice became quieter.
“But I think it has something to do with Mom.”
The recording ended.
We stared at each other.
The detective immediately requested the original file.
Then Ethan noticed something.
“There are three more recordings.”
The second was only thirty seconds.
Lily whispered:
“I saw Dad meeting Grandma.”
The third:
“They were talking about a policy.”
The fourth:
“I think someone followed me.”
Then the final file appeared.
It was recorded the night before the accident.
Lily sounded terrified.
“Mom, I love you.”
I froze.
“If anything happens, don't blame yourself.”
I started sobbing.
“I should have listened to you.”
Then Lily said:
“There's a safe in Grandma's house.”
The recording ended.
The detective looked at us.
“What safe?”
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Ethan answered.
“We're about to find out.”
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