PART 8

Patrick’s first letter came through a lawyer.

It claimed I had misread a grieving family’s conversations and that Lucas being around endangered the orderly handling of Joanne’s estate.

He wanted the contents of the tin handed to a third party until everything was settled.

The wording was polite enough to make his earlier threats seem unthinkable.

Daniel answered that the records were already secured for review and that Patrick was free to put any legitimate legal claim in writing.

He told me not to argue by text or phone.