Chapter 5: Unraveling the Threads
The next morning, Grant returned to the apartment he shared with Lydia. She was sleeping in the bedroom, exhausted from her own deceit. Grant quietly opened her laptop. For months, he had respected her privacy, but the rules had changed the moment his mother hit the floor.
It didn't take a hacker to find the truth. Buried in an obscure folder were digital copies of Eleanor's bank statements, maps to her bank, and deeply alarming emails between Lydia and a man named Vance. The emails discussed a mounting gambling debt and a deadline that coincided perfectly with the wedding date. The "money" wasn't just greed; it was a desperate attempt to pay off dangerous people.
