A foreclosure notice arrived last month because they stopped making the payments. Dad took it and said it was a clerical mistake, but I took a picture of it first.\u201d<\/p>\n
Liam explained that Richard had asked to store business files in the downstairs bedroom while his company\u2019s office was supposedly being renovated. Liam had agreed because he trusted his grandfather.<\/p>\n
Instead, Richard had turned the room into a private office.<\/p>\n
One evening, Liam overheard Richard and David arguing inside it.<\/p>\n
\u201cGrandpa said the house had to be sold before you checked the county records,\u201d Liam said. \u201cDad warned him that you\u2019d discover the forged transfer. Grandpa said you trusted the family too much to investigate.\u201d<\/p>\n
After they left, Liam searched the desk and found the notebook.<\/p>\n
A small safe was hidden inside the closet. Months earlier, he had watched Richard enter the combination\u2014the date of Helen\u2019s birthday.<\/p>\n
Inside were bank records, emails, copies of the forged deed, and text messages discussing the loan.<\/p>\n
Liam scanned the documents at the college library and saved them on a flash drive.<\/p>\n