Chapter 6 - THE WOMAN WHO NOTARIZED MY FORGED SIGNATURERebecca Sloan broke quickly.
Not criminal-mastermind quickly.
Panicked-employee quickly.
Nathan told her the document was already approved by me.
He said I was traveling.
Needed date alignment for lender review.
She notarized without seeing me sign.
Illegal.
Then later realized the signature might be false.
Why stay quiet?
Bonus.
Promotion.
Fear.
Again.
Nothing glamorous.
She produced emails.
One from Nathan:
If Evelyn asks, this is part of the marital tax restructuring. Do not discuss lender side.
Another from Celeste:
Birthday deadline means no delays.
There.
Direct evidence.
Then Rebecca revealed a stranger had visited Nathan’s office three months earlier.
Older man.
Gray hair.
Scar near his chin.
Nathan addressed him as:
“Mr. Mercer.”
My heart stopped.
“Thomas?”
Rebecca said:
“I don’t know.”
Security footage from the executive entrance had been deleted.
But parking records survived.
Vehicle registered to a nonprofit in Vermont.
Mercer Outreach Foundation.
An organization created six years after Dad’s supposed death.
Chairman listed:
T. Michael Rowe.
Initials.
Age.
Biographical details.
All suspiciously close.
May you like
Mara looked at me.
“We may have found him.”
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