Chapter 4 - What Was Hidden Beneath My HouseThe next morning, I returned home with Detective Bennett.

My house had been searched before.

Nothing seemed unusual.

But Emily's words stayed in my head.

Under the floor.

We searched the basement.

Nothing.

The garage.

Nothing.

Then I noticed something strange.

A section of wooden flooring looked newer than the rest.

Detective Bennett crouched.

“This was replaced recently.”

I pulled up the board.

Beneath it was a metal box.

Inside were documents.

Photographs.

Bank statements.

And a handwritten letter.

The letter was from my father.

David,

If you're reading this, something has gone wrong.

There are people I trusted who were never worthy of that trust.

One of them is connected to the Mitchell Group.

Detective Bennett looked at me.

“Mitchell Group?”

I nodded.

“It was one of my father's largest clients.”

The letter continued.

I discovered financial fraud inside the company.

I tried to report it.

They threatened my family.

I stopped reading.

My hands were shaking.

“My father knew.”

Detective Bennett nodded.

“Keep going.”

I read the final paragraph.

If anything happens to me, trust no one.

Not even the people who claim they are helping.

There was one final name.

Jason Miller.

I stared at it.

Jason wasn't just Sarah's husband.

He had known my father.

He had been involved in the investigation years ago.

And suddenly everything made sense.

The money.

The warehouse.

Sarah's photographs.

Emily's imprisonment.

The pool.

Jason hadn't simply wanted to hurt Sarah.

He wanted something she had discovered.

Detective Bennett looked at me.

“We need to find him.”

My phone rang.

Unknown number.

I answered.

Nobody spoke.

Then a distorted voice said:

“You should have stayed out of this.”

The call ended.

Detective Bennett immediately took my phone.

“Don't call back.”

I looked at her.

“Who was that?”

“We don't know.”

Then she noticed something.

A message had arrived.

One photograph.

It showed Emily sleeping in her hospital bed.

Taken from outside the window.

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My blood froze.

“He knows where she is.”