Not seven.
The private driver had been paid in advance.
The restaurant reservations had been made weeks earlier.
And every expense had been charged directly or indirectly to money taken from Grandma.
Then investigators found something that changed everything.
Aunt Monica had emailed my father three days before the trip.
The subject line was:
MOM — DON’T LET HER COME.
The message was short.
She wrote:
If she comes, she’ll ask questions.
Richard, just tell her the ticket was lost.
She’ll be embarrassed and go home.
