Suzy nodded blankly. "Thank you."
Truthfully, as long as her uncle's hopeless romantic brain had finally rebooted, she was already satisfied.
During the days she'd been recovering, Adam and Leonard had thoroughly investigated the incident. The sequence of events had been pieced together, and the evidence carefully preserved.
The mastermind turned out to be Monica's so-called "brother," Mario Lanetti.
They weren't blood-related. Monica had been adopted into the family. The two had gotten involved far earlier than anyone suspected.
After learning that Leonard had drafted a will leaving most of his assets to Monica in the event of his death, greed had taken root.
If Leonard died, Monica would inherit everything.
And then the two of them could run off together—wealthy and unburdened.
The method had been crude, but disturbingly effective in its simplicity. Tamper with the brakes. Create an accident. Let fate do the rest.
They had calculated everything. Everything—except Suzy.
