On the final page was a receipt for a private storage unit.

The rental had been renewed for more than twenty years, then transferred to a family trust when Daniel died.

A handwritten notation read: Original donor ledgers retained pending release instructions.

I had never seen that trust name before.

But I knew the signature approving the transfer.

It belonged to my father’s longtime business partner, Richard Kessler.

And Richard had called me only three days earlier to ask whether I planned to attend the foundation’s annual benefit.

PART 9