{"id":4920,"date":"2026-06-23T09:02:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T09:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myanh.top\/?p=4920"},"modified":"2026-06-23T09:02:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T09:02:42","slug":"right-in-the-middle-of-my-husbands-funeral-while-my-sons-pretended-to-cry-next-to-the-casket-i-received-a-text-message-i-am-alive-do-not-trust-them-i-thought-it-was-a-s-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myanh.top\/?p=4920","title":{"rendered":"Right in the middle of my husband\u2019s funeral, while my sons pretended to cry next to the casket, I received a text message: \u201cI am alive. Do not trust them.\u201d I thought it was a sick joke\u2026 until the second message arrived with a photo of Ernest\u2019s desk and said: \u201cI hid the real will there.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDo you know where my husband is?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arthur looked at me through the rearview mirror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And for the first time since I received that message, I saw fear in someone else\u2019s eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not pity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not confusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes, Mrs. Theresa.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I felt my heart pound against my ribs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThen take me to him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The old man gripped the steering wheel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI cannot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBecause if I do, they will kill you both.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The words dropped inside the car like a stone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Behind us, I heard another window break in the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My sons were already inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hunting me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I still didn\u2019t understand what on earth was happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cExplain it to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arthur drove off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The taxi pulled away from the mansion as the garden lights faded behind us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThree months ago, Mr. Ernest discovered something.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat someone was switching his medications.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My blood ran cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I looked at the empty vial I was still holding between my fingers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bitter smell was still there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Threatening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy sons?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt first, he didn\u2019t want to believe it either.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I swallowed hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe heard them arguing in the study.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arthur\u2019s voice cracked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe listened as they talked about the life insurance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About the will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About how long it would take for you to inherit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I remembered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Little details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Small things that I had ignored at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Charles insisting that Ernest get more rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hunter taking charge of the prescriptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both of them reviewing papers they had never cared about before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both of them constantly asking about banks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was always right in front of me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I didn\u2019t see it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The phone vibrated again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDid you get out yet?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I replied immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The answer arrived in seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGood. Do not go back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I felt a lump in my throat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because that way of writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those short sentences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That way of speaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was Ernest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I knew my husband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I knew every word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every habit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the person writing was him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or someone who knew him all too well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhere is he?\u201d I asked again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arthur did not respond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, he handed me a key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Silver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat is this?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe cabin.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I blinked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat cabin?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe one by the lake.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My breath caught.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because there was a cabin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A place that Ernest and I had bought when we were newlyweds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A hidden refuge in the mountains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A place where we spent our honeymoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A place that supposedly had been sold twenty years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe sold it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arthur shook his head slowly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat is what they made you believe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I felt my head spinning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another lie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just another one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How many things was I unaware of regarding my own life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The taxi kept moving down the dark highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then the cell phone vibrated again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But this time it was not a message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was a photograph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I opened it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I almost stopped breathing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was an image taken just a few minutes ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My living room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My sons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the man in the white coat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Searching through drawers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Breaking furniture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking for something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below the photo there was a phrase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey are still looking for the fake will.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That meant a real one existed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I remembered the flash drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The secret compartment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I reached into my purse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everything was still there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then another message arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOpen the flash drive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cArthur.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDo you have a computer?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut I have something better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He showed me his cell phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A modern phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Much newer than mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMr. Ernest gave it to me a week ago.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My heart began to race again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I plugged in the flash drive using an adapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The screen displayed a folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With a name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf Theresa discovers the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My hands were shaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I opened the file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And a video popped up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ernest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My Ernest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sitting behind his desk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wearing the same blue shirt he had on two days before he \u201cdied.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tears began to fall on their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHello, Terry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you are seeing this, it means everything went wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I covered my mouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd my sons probably already know that I discovered what they did.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I felt the world stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI did not want to believe it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI tried to find another explanation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But there was none.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Charles and Hunter tried to poison me for months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I let out a sob.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arthur looked down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He already knew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDo not blame yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ernest continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI didn\u2019t want to see it either.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because they are our sons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And because no parent wants to accept that they raised monsters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The video played on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI hired investigators.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Auditors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd I discovered something worse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMuch worse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My breathing became heavy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey don\u2019t just want my money.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey also want yours.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd to get it, they need to declare you incompetent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tears no longer let me see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat is why I prepared everything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe real will.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe recordings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd also my disappearance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I froze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disappearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disappearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ernest took a deep breath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As if that confession weighed heavily on him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen you see this video, I will officially be dead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut my body will never be in that casket.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBecause the man they buried is not me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I almost dropped the phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I whispered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arthur slammed on the brakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The taxi stopped on the side of the highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because even he seemed shocked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even though he knew part of the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the screen, Ernest continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI needed to disappear to gather enough evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI needed them to believe they had won.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI needed to see how far they were willing to go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then he showed something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Full of photographs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bank transfers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contracts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen you open the second folder, you will discover who is behind all of this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe person who convinced our sons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe person who manipulated them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe person who has been stealing from us for years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I felt a chill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt can\u2019t be\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ernest looked directly at the camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As if he could see me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd when you discover who it is\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDo not trust anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNot even someone of our own blood.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The image froze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The file ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The car fell silent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Absolute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heavy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unreal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSecond folder?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arthur asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My fingers searched through the files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There it was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A hidden folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With a name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And when I read it, I felt the blood drain from my body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because it didn\u2019t say Charles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It didn\u2019t say Hunter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or any stranger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cReal mastermind: Eleanor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eleanor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My sister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Charles\u2019s godmother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The woman who had cried the loudest at the funeral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same one who hugged me next to the casket this morning and whispered to me:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNow we only have each other.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And right at that moment, my phone rang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unknown number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I answered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the other end, a female voice was heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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