“The attending physician listed cardiac arrest.”
“That matches what Claire said.”
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“Yes, sir.”
He paused.
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“But the hospital name doesn’t appear to be current.”
I looked at him.
“What?”
“We checked.”
Marco lowered his voice even further.
“The facility listed on the certificate closed four years ago.”
A chill moved through me.
“That could be a clerical mistake.”
“Maybe.”
He handed me another document.
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“But then airport police found this.”
A life insurance policy.
Daniel Carter.
Beneficiary: Claire
Carter.
Five million dollars.
Issued eleven months before his death.
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My jaw tightened.
Still not proof.
But the circumstances were becoming increasingly difficult to dismiss.
An unexpected death.
A certificate containing questionable information.
Missing trust documents.
Children left alone at an airport.
A woman preparing to leave the country.
And a deceased intelligence officer’s letter warning me to question the explanation involving his heart.
