Sherry had disappeared. Raymond swore he knew nothing. The investigation gradually revealed a troubled past: a first marriage, a husband who died in a fire deemed accidental, a stepdaughter – April Patterson – who had been missing from his life for thirty-five years.
Gregory found April, now going by the name April Levy. She confirmed the unthinkable: Sherry had abused her, and then had probably started the fire that killed her father.
The police were advancing, but slowly. Too slowly for Gregory. Trained as an architect, he knew how to spot weaknesses. He decided to exploit one: Sherry’s obsession with Dylan.
With April’s help, he set a trap. Visible routines, a false opportunity. Sherry took the bait.
She was caught red-handed in the act of following Dylan, near his therapist’s office. The legal evidence was flimsy, but sufficient to keep her in custody.
Gregory went further. He obtained a filmed confession from her, playing on her need to justify herself, to tell her story. Sherry talked. Too much.
She described her actions, her network, her methods. She incriminated herself.
Thanks to this confession and the discovery of an isolated cabin containing damning archives, the authorities dismantled a network that had been active for decades.
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