Chapter FORTY-SIX

MEREDITH

Days passed, and Spring turned into Summer since the incident with my stepfather.

The insurance company ruled the fire an accident and with Josef’s encouragement I poured that money right back into the shelter.

A few days after the ordeal, I read a news article about the doctor who’d worked on my stepfather, and me that time I’d passed out in the boardroom with Josef.

Apparently, the doctor had been mixed up in some unsavory business dealings with a couple of men you really didn’t cross.

Evidence of drug dealing, money laundering, tampering with medical files, and more had been found on his home computer.

The police had him under investigation, but he’d committed suicide before they could arrest him.

The article detailed the doctor’s death and injuries, and I wondered how he managed to hang himself with both hands broken.