“That’s right,” Vance said.

“Daniel figured out Dean knew about the paper trail.

Dean had gone after him at the lumber yard two days before the fishing trip.

He told Daniel that if anybody started asking about those accounts, the bank would freeze the family land trust on the spot and foreclose on the lake lot.”

“Daniel was trying to protect us,” I said quietly.

“He knew exactly what he was doing,” Vance said, setting me straight.