When news vans appeared outside the house, it became clear that the story had spread beyond our control.
While collecting the last of our belongings, I received a message from an unknown number asking to meet.
At a diner, we met a young real estate assistant named Tessa Monroe, who revealed that Brittany and Evan had attempted to arrange an off market sale using forged power of attorney documents.
She handed us copies as proof.
Later, I received a voicemail from an unknown man warning me to stop investigating or my parents would not survive the next attempt.
The voice was calm and unsettling.
It did not belong to Evan.
PART 7
That night, we stayed at my parents’ new apartment, but sleep was uneasy.
In the early hours, we heard movement outside and discovered a box placed on my father’s car.
Inside was a brand new carbon monoxide detector with no batteries and a note that read, “Safety is fragile.”
The message was clear. Someone else was involved. And they knew where we lived.
At a hardware store the next morning, a cashier revealed that a man had asked suspicious questions about gas buildup weeks earlier and had used a traceable account number.