The Realtor Read One Name and My Stepfather Stopped Laughing

false back.”

That jolted me.

“You opened it?”

He sounded apologetic. “Only because the letter said to. I figured if there was something in there and Richard came back, it’d vanish. We took pictures before touching anything.”

“What’s inside?”

“Photographs. Bank copies. A little digital recorder. And…” He paused. “A cashier’s check stub made out to Richard continue reading …