Chapter 8 - Margaret’s Real Record
They took the evidence to Taylor’s attorney.
The green notebook belonged to Margaret Morgan.
Its pages documented years of missing money.
Dates.
Amounts.
Account numbers.
Each withdrawal was marked with the initials T.M.
Tabitha Morgan.
The cassette held Margaret’s final recorded statement.
Her voice was weak but clear.
“If anything happens to me before the trust is corrected, Sarah did not steal from this family. Tabitha did.”
Colin sat motionless.
Sarah covered her mouth.
Taylor listened without blinking.
Margaret explained that she had discovered forged checks and false property transfers.
She intended to remove Tabitha as trustee.
But three days after recording the message, Margaret suffered a fatal stroke.
Tabitha claimed the safe had been empty.
The attorney leaned back.
“This is enough to reopen the trust case.”
“Will Sarah get her share?” Taylor asked.
“Possibly more. If fraud is proven, Tabitha could lose control of the entire estate.”
Colin looked toward Taylor.
“What happens to me?”
“That depends on what you knew and when you knew it,” the attorney said.
Colin lowered his head.
Taylor did not comfort him.
Outside the office, he followed her to the elevator.
“I wanted to tell you.”
“You wanted to avoid the consequences of telling me.”
“I love you.”
Taylor’s eyes filled, but her voice remained steady.
“Love without courage becomes another form of betrayal.”
The elevator doors opened.
Before Taylor stepped inside, the attorney called after them.
“There’s another problem.”
He held up Margaret’s notebook.
“One page has been cut out.”
Tabitha had destroyed something.
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But the pressure marks from the missing page were still visible on the sheet beneath it.
👉 The missing page named a bank account—and the person who controlled it was still alive.
