“I walked into my own mansion expecting my wife to run into my arms, but instead I found my family celebrating my money while the woman I loved was missing.

“My authentication protocol required two-step confirmation.”

“It was completed.”

“That’s impossible.”

Samuel did not answer immediately.

Then he said, “Not impossible. Just difficult.”

I thought of my devices, my assistants, my travel schedule. The temporary phones. The hotel business centers. The times Michael had borrowed my tablet during visits overseas. The times my mother had asked for access to family photos or tax forms.Plan Family Trips

Trust had made every door easier to open.

Samuel turned to Emma. “You continued gathering records after that.”

She nodded.