When the lot was nearly empty, Ryan approached Laura. She handed him a thick envelope.
Then he pulled her close and kissed her right there in the cemetery parking lot, only minutes after everyone had mourned her “dead” husband.
When I got home, Daniel was waiting. I told him everything. We knew then we needed proof. H
e reminded me about the messages on Laura’s phone, and I realized she had invited me to her house the next day to collect some of Daniel’s belongings. That was our chance.
At her house, she played sweet and polite, offered me coffee, and showed me boxes of Daniel’s old clothes and papers.
Then she started talking again about the will and how Daniel had wanted her and Owen provided for. I pretended to get dizzy and asked to use the bathroom.
While she was distracted by a phone call outside, I grabbed her phone from the table.
It was unlocked.
I opened her messages with Ryan and found everything. Their affair. The plan. The fake accident. The forged documents. The insurance payout.
There was even a recent message where Ryan asked, “Are you sure he’s dead?” and Laura replied, “I saw the car burn. Nobody survives that. But keep checking hospitals just in case.”