Chapter 4 - The Discovery Behind the Pipes
Nancy pulled off her outer jacket and put on her work gloves. She began moving heavy wooden chairs and broken lamps out of the way.
The three cardboard boxes marked "JUNK" in heavy black marker were filled with dusty old newspapers and rusted tools. But as Nancy shifted the last box aside, she noticed a loose wooden panel on the wall behind the furnace.
It was a small wall safe, completely concealed behind a piece of painted plywood.
Beside the safe on the floor lay an old manila envelope that appeared to have fallen out during a rush. Someone had tried to hide it, but had jammed it behind the furnace in a hurry.
Nancy knelt on the cold concrete floor, her jeans getting covered in gray dust.
She picked up the envelope and wiped away the cobwebs. In large, clear block letters, her grandfather had written: NANCY LEE HARPER - PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL.
That was when her phone rang. It was Cousin Dale. He had installed a motion-activated security camera at the top of the driveway, and his phone had just alerted him that Nancy’s car was parked outside.
"Where are you, Nancy?!" Dale had demanded, his voice instantly rising in pitch.
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Nancy had put the phone on speaker and laid it on the concrete floor while opening the envelope. That was the moment Dale realized she was standing in the basement holding her grandfather's lost fortune.
👉 How did Nancy manage to escape the basement before Dale arrived at the farmhouse?
