{"id":2510,"date":"2026-09-13T13:51:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/?p=2510"},"modified":"2026-09-13T13:51:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:51:40","slug":"part-10-julian-returned-to-the-house-for-one-missing-document-and-martha-finally-faced-the-man-who-had-turned-her-kindness-into-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/?p=2510","title":{"rendered":"PART 10 \u2013 Julian Returned to the House for One Missing Document, and Martha Finally Faced the Man Who Had Turned Her Kindness Into Access"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police reached the house before we did.<\/p>\n<p>That was because Detective Ortiz threatened to have me detained if I followed the patrol cars too closely.<\/p>\n<p>I believed her.<\/p>\n<p>We waited three blocks away inside Harrison\u2019s vehicle while officers entered through the front and rear doors.<\/p>\n<p>Mom sat rigidly beside me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe knows the locks were changed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe probably found another way in,\u201d Harrison said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bedroom window.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPossibly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Khloe stared at her phone.<\/p>\n<p>Julian had not contacted her again.<\/p>\n<p>Five minutes passed.<\/p>\n<p>Then ten.<\/p>\n<p>At twelve, Ortiz called.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one inside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I exhaled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas someone there?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The master-bedroom window had been forced.<\/p>\n<p>A screen lay outside.<\/p>\n<p>Drawers were open.<\/p>\n<p>The closet had been searched.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he take?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need Martha to identify that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officers cleared the property before allowing us inside.<\/p>\n<p>The house smelled faintly of damp soil from the open window.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing looked violently destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>That somehow made it worse.<\/p>\n<p>Julian had not entered in rage.<\/p>\n<p>He had entered looking for something.<\/p>\n<p>Mom walked through the bedroom slowly.<\/p>\n<p>Jewelry remained.<\/p>\n<p>Dad\u2019s medals remained.<\/p>\n<p>The safe was open but empty because we had moved important documents to Harrison\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Julian had searched beneath the mattress, inside drawers and behind framed photographs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was he expecting?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>Mom opened the closet.<\/p>\n<p>Then stopped.<\/p>\n<p>A small wooden document box had been pulled from the top shelf.<\/p>\n<p>Its contents were scattered.<\/p>\n<p>She crouched.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She held up an empty envelope.<\/p>\n<p>The handwritten label said TRUST CERTIFICATE.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison took it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was inside?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA certified copy showing I\u2019m trustee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere is it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought it was here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We searched.<\/p>\n<p>Gone.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison immediately contacted the title company and county clerk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA certified trust certificate alone doesn\u2019t give him ownership,\u201d he explained. \u201cBut paired with forged authorization and the old amendments, he could make a transaction look more credible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mom\u2019s mouth tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe came back for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe knew exactly where it was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked toward the doorway.<\/p>\n<p>Of course he did.<\/p>\n<p>He had lived in this bedroom for two years.<\/p>\n<p>Every drawer Mom opened to him had become information.<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz examined the window.<\/p>\n<p>There was no useful fingerprint on the frame.<\/p>\n<p>But a neighbor\u2019s doorbell camera showed a hooded figure entering the side yard at 6:07.<\/p>\n<p>At 6:19 the same person left carrying a document envelope.<\/p>\n<p>Twelve minutes.<\/p>\n<p>That was all Julian needed.<\/p>\n<p>Mom sat on the bed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to talk to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d three of us said at once.<\/p>\n<p>She looked irritated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t say alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStill no,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe keeps using all of us because we keep responding to what he does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMom\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want him to hear me say no.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Khloe sat beside her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe won\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mom looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then she looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That silenced me.<\/p>\n<p>For two years Mom had avoided conflict because she believed peace required surrender.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps confronting Julian was not about changing him.<\/p>\n<p>It was about hearing herself refuse.<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz considered the possibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he contacts the family again, we may be able to arrange a controlled meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harrison objected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s increasingly desperate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich is exactly why we would control it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mom said, \u201cI\u2019ll do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou understand this wouldn\u2019t be a confrontation for revenge. You would follow instructions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI raised two daughters. I understand instructions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I almost smiled.<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz did too.<\/p>\n<p>The opportunity arrived sooner than expected.<\/p>\n<p>At 8:43 that night, Mom\u2019s new phone rang.<\/p>\n<p>Unknown number.<\/p>\n<p>Only a handful of people had the number.<\/p>\n<p>She answered on speaker while Ortiz recorded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHello?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMartha.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Julian.<\/p>\n<p>Mom\u2019s face became still.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you want?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need to tell Natalie to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A pause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s going to destroy Khloe\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, Julian. You did that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His breathing changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t understand what\u2019s happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand seventy-two thousand dollars left my account.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat money kept your household running.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNatalie paid for my household.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe wasn\u2019t there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There it was again.<\/p>\n<p>His favorite argument.<\/p>\n<p>Absence erased ownership.<\/p>\n<p>Absence erased generosity.<\/p>\n<p>Absence erased truth.<\/p>\n<p>Mom\u2019s voice stayed calm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou were there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you used that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou gave me access.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI helped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou helped yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Julian\u2019s voice hardened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need you to sign a clarification.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt says the transfers were voluntary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey weren\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew we needed money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew Khloe needed help. I didn\u2019t know you were taking everything Natalie sent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou benefited too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe improvements. The parties. The house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mom actually laughed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou moved me into a guest room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Julian said nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou called me a maid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was a misunderstanding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou let people think you paid me to clean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another silence.<\/p>\n<p>Mom\u2019s hand trembled, but her voice did not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not confused anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Julian lowered his tone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMartha, listen to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can fix this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t want your grandchild born with her father in prison.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Khloe closed her eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Mom looked directly at her daughter.<\/p>\n<p>Then she said into the phone, \u201cMy grandchild needs honest people more than she needs appearances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Khloe began crying silently.<\/p>\n<p>Julian\u2019s voice sharpened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou think Natalie is honest?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz gestured for Mom to continue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat are you talking about?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAsk her about your husband\u2019s land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I frowned.<\/p>\n<p>Mom looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat about it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe knew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKnew what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat it was worth money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was impossible.<\/p>\n<p>I had not even remembered the parcel existed.<\/p>\n<p>Mom said, \u201cNatalie didn\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s lying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe came home because of the land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I almost admired the speed of it.<\/p>\n<p>He had created a new story already.<\/p>\n<p>The greedy absent daughter.<\/p>\n<p>Returning to seize forgotten property.<\/p>\n<p>Perfectly shaped to divide us.<\/p>\n<p>Mom did not hesitate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve spent two years telling me what Natalie thinks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her voice softened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI should have asked her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Julian went silent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere are you?\u201d Mom asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want to see me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz looked sharply at her.<\/p>\n<p>This was not scripted.<\/p>\n<p>Mom continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want you to look at me while I tell you I\u2019m not signing anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Julian laughed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou finally found a spine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I saw Mom flinch.<\/p>\n<p>Then something changed in her face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She looked at Khloe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI finally stopped lending it to everyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even Ortiz looked impressed.<\/p>\n<p>Julian proposed a meeting.<\/p>\n<p>A public park near Lady Bird Lake.<\/p>\n<p>Ten the next morning.<\/p>\n<p>Mom agreed.<\/p>\n<p>Police planned everything.<\/p>\n<p>Plainclothes officers would surround the area.<\/p>\n<p>Mom would sit at a picnic table.<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz would be nearby.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison insisted Julian might send someone else.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe could be testing surveillance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen we learn something,\u201d Ortiz said.<\/p>\n<p>At nine forty-five the next morning, Mom took her seat.<\/p>\n<p>I watched from an unmarked vehicle with Khloe.<\/p>\n<p>Mom wore a blue cardigan despite the warmth.<\/p>\n<p>Her hands rested on the table.<\/p>\n<p>At ten exactly, nobody came.<\/p>\n<p>Ten ten.<\/p>\n<p>Ten twenty.<\/p>\n<p>Khloe whispered, \u201cHe knows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At ten twenty-seven, a young man approached Mom.<\/p>\n<p>Not Julian.<\/p>\n<p>He carried an envelope.<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz intercepted him.<\/p>\n<p>The man turned out to be a rideshare driver hired through a delivery request.<\/p>\n<p>He knew nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the envelope was a document.<\/p>\n<p>A declaration stating that all transfers to Julian and Khloe had been voluntary family gifts.<\/p>\n<p>Signature line: Martha Brooks.<\/p>\n<p>A sticky note read:<\/p>\n<p>SIGN IT AND THIS ENDS.<\/p>\n<p>Mom looked at the paper.<\/p>\n<p>Then tore it in half.<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz allowed herself half a smile.<\/p>\n<p>But Julian had used the meeting as distraction.<\/p>\n<p>While officers watched the park, someone entered Denise\u2019s house.<\/p>\n<p>A neighbor saw Julian leaving through the garage.<\/p>\n<p>He took another vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Denise\u2019s old pickup.<\/p>\n<p>And according to Denise, he took something more important.<\/p>\n<p>Her phone.<\/p>\n<p>That phone contained access to an email account investigators had not yet known existed.<\/p>\n<p>An account Denise admitted Julian had sometimes used.<\/p>\n<p>By the time police secured it remotely, several messages had been deleted.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators recovered some.<\/p>\n<p>One was from a man named Raymond Cole.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison recognized the name immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho is he?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA private lender.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The recovered message was six weeks old.<\/p>\n<p>It referenced the Brooks land.<\/p>\n<p>Proposed advance: $300,000.<\/p>\n<p>Collateral documentation pending.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison read farther.<\/p>\n<p>Raymond had apparently agreed to provide Julian a short-term private loan once proof of authority over the land was supplied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he give Julian money already?\u201d Mom asked.<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz contacted Cole.<\/p>\n<p>The answer was yes.<\/p>\n<p>One hundred fifty thousand dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Three weeks earlier.<\/p>\n<p>My stomach dropped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere is it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nobody knew.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did Julian promise him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA security interest in the land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe can\u2019t promise that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d Harrison said. \u201cBut Raymond may have believed the documents were legitimate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The missing trust certificate now made sense.<\/p>\n<p>Julian needed it to complete the appearance of authority.<\/p>\n<p>He had already taken half the loan.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining one hundred fifty thousand would be released once final collateral paperwork was delivered.<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz immediately warned Raymond.<\/p>\n<p>But Raymond\u2019s reaction surprised everyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s angry,\u201d she told us after the call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Julian?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe thinks this is a family attempt to avoid repaying a legitimate loan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harrison sighed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen he needs counsel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raymond had copies of documents Julian supplied.<\/p>\n<p>One bore Mom\u2019s signature.<\/p>\n<p>Forged.<\/p>\n<p>Another appeared to appoint Julian as transaction manager for the trust.<\/p>\n<p>Forged.<\/p>\n<p>But a third document was real.<\/p>\n<p>The durable power of attorney Mom had unknowingly signed.<\/p>\n<p>Although it had since been revoked, Julian had used it before revocation to convince Raymond he possessed broad authority.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme was becoming clearer.<\/p>\n<p>Julian had not planned to steal the land directly.<\/p>\n<p>He planned to borrow against it, take cash and leave everyone else fighting over whether the lender had enforceable rights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCould Raymond take Dad\u2019s land?\u201d Khloe asked.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison answered carefully.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has serious problems because Martha\u2019s authority as trustee was limited and the underlying representations appear fraudulent. But this may require litigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mom stared at the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJulian turned my signature into a weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She looked furious now rather than ashamed.<\/p>\n<p>That mattered.<\/p>\n<p>By afternoon, investigators traced part of Raymond\u2019s money.<\/p>\n<p>Fifty thousand went toward Julian\u2019s debts.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-seven thousand paid overdue business obligations.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty thousand was withdrawn in cash.<\/p>\n<p>Another twenty thousand went to Peter.<\/p>\n<p>The rest disappeared through smaller transfers.<\/p>\n<p>Peter\u2019s attorney stopped returning calls.<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz obtained a warrant for Peter.<\/p>\n<p>The brother who claimed to know nothing was suddenly difficult to find.<\/p>\n<p>At six that evening, police located Denise\u2019s pickup.<\/p>\n<p>It sat outside a small airport north of Austin.<\/p>\n<p>My pulse accelerated.<\/p>\n<p>Private flights operated there.<\/p>\n<p>Officers searched the terminal.<\/p>\n<p>No Julian.<\/p>\n<p>But surveillance video showed him entering a hangar office forty minutes earlier.<\/p>\n<p>He had met someone.<\/p>\n<p>A man in a baseball cap.<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz sent Harrison a still image.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison enlarged it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRaymond Cole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lender.<\/p>\n<p>The man Julian had defrauded.<\/p>\n<p>Why would Raymond meet him after learning the collateral was disputed?<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz called Raymond.<\/p>\n<p>No answer.<\/p>\n<p>His attorney did not know where he was.<\/p>\n<p>Then an employee at the airfield reported that Raymond owned a small twin-engine aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>The plane had departed twelve minutes earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Flight plan?<\/p>\n<p>None filed.<\/p>\n<p>Destination?<\/p>\n<p>Unknown.<\/p>\n<p>Khloe stared at the information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe got away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz shook her head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot necessarily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Federal authorities were notified.<\/p>\n<p>Air-traffic data was requested.<\/p>\n<p>The plane\u2019s transponder had stopped transmitting shortly after departure.<\/p>\n<p>That was not reassuring.<\/p>\n<p>Then Harrison\u2019s phone rang.<\/p>\n<p>Raymond Cole.<\/p>\n<p>He answered on speaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Cole, where are you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wind roared through the connection.<\/p>\n<p>Raymond sounded furious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour client lied to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich client?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe woman. Martha.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mom stood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never spoke to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raymond went silent.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison said, \u201cMr. Cole, is Julian Carter with you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A pause.<\/p>\n<p>Then Raymond said, \u201cHe was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My skin went cold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI put him down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTemple.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you mean you put him down?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe started changing the deal after we took off. Wanted me to fly south. I told him absolutely not. We landed in Temple.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz was already calling officers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout twenty minutes ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere did he go?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParking lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVehicle?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then Raymond added something.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe left a bag.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat kind?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLaptop bag.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not open it,\u201d Ortiz said.<\/p>\n<p>Raymond laughed bitterly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToo late.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s inside?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooks like a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raymond\u2019s voice changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDocuments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat documents?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne has your client\u2019s name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mom looked at Harrison.<\/p>\n<p>Raymond read from the page.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMartha Brooks Revocable Trust Amendment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harrison went still.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does the amendment say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raymond hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>Then he answered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt says Martha Brooks resigns as trustee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mom whispered, \u201cI never signed that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raymond continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd appoints Julian Carter as successor trustee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The document carried a notarized signature.<\/p>\n<p>The notary name appeared beneath it.<\/p>\n<p>Patricia Sloan.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison\u2019s face hardened.<\/p>\n<p>Patricia had told us she notarized only two documents.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, she had lied.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/?p=2511\">Click here to continue reading: PART 11: Patricia\u2019s Missing Notary Entry Exposed the Last Legal Trick, While Julian\u2019s Own Brother Finally Revealed Where the Stolen Money Had Gone<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police reached the house before we did. That was because Detective Ortiz threatened to have me detained if I followed the patrol cars too closely. I believed her. 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