He just said, “Don’t erase anything. Don’t answer calls. Take pictures of everything. I go there.”
That night, my cell phone kept turning on.
Diane called seven times.
Robert left two voicemails.
Vanessa didn’t call.
That’s what he told me most about her.
Diane’s first message said that everyone was upset.
The second said Lily had scared Caleb.
The third said that if I did a scandal, I would destroy the family.
Robert was more direct.
He said it was not convenient for me to turn an accident into a legal matter.
He said Ethan had to put order in his house.
He said the kids burned all the time.
I kept every message.
Ethan listened to them with me.
In the last one, Robert made the mistake my dad had been waiting for.
He said, “You know Vanessa didn’t want to throw the cup so hard.”
