The Truth About Rebecca's Death
Chapter 16 - The Truth About Rebecca's Death
The final medical report arrived two months later.
Rebecca had been exposed to a medication capable of worsening her heart condition.
But investigators could not prove William administered it.
The tea.
The hospital visits.
The threats.
The insurance policy.
Everything pointed toward him.
But suspicion was not proof.
Then Lauren remembered her father's safe.
Inside police found a handwritten notebook.
William recorded nearly everything.
Payments.
Accounts.
Names.
On one page was Rebecca's hospital room number.
Next to it:
Two doses ineffective. Increase?
Daniel left the room when investigators read it.
Jonathan remained.
He stared at the handwriting.
For months, he had wanted certainty.
Now he wished he did not have it.
William was charged in connection with Rebecca's death.
The courtroom case lasted nearly a year.
He eventually accepted a plea agreement that ensured he would spend the rest of his life in prison.
Some people criticized the agreement.
Jonathan did not.
He was tired of William occupying every room in their lives.
Rebecca deserved to be remembered for more than the man who hurt her.
And Sophie and Ben deserved childhoods that did not revolve around courtrooms.
Daniel agreed.
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The day William was sentenced, they did not attend.
They took the children to the lake house instead.
