Chapter 8
The policy wasn't large enough to solve all his financial problems, but it represented a significant amount of money.
I stared at the documents.
For years, Logan had told me that I was the person he loved most.
Now investigators were examining whether he'd considered my death a financial solution.
The evidence also suggested that Logan had been attempting to pressure Samuel into changing his estate arrangements.
Samuel had refused.
Investigators were still determining whether the funeral booking was connected to a separate plan involving Samuel, an effort to create confusion, or some other purpose.
They weren't prepared to make a definitive statement.
I appreciated their caution.
But the uncertainty frightened me.
I wanted every question answered immediately.
I wanted to know exactly what Logan had intended.
And I wanted to know whether Megan had been a target because she was my sister or because she had helped me leave him.
Several weeks later, I learned that Derek Walsh had agreed to cooperate with investigators.
According to information later presented during the legal proceedings, Logan had discussed a plan to create a fatal-looking vehicle incident.
He had also spoken about the possibility that Megan would be in the car.
The statement I'd overheard—“See you at your sister's funeral”—wasn't an innocent joke.
It was part of a conversation about the consequences Logan expected.
Derek's account required corroboration, and the authorities continued examining the physical and digital evidence.
But the broad outline was becoming clear.
Logan had been willing to endanger both Megan and me.
The funeral booking remained one of the strangest parts of the case.
Investigators eventually established that Logan had made it while pursuing several financial schemes involving family members.
The S. Pierce entry referred to Samuel, whose estate Logan had hoped to benefit from.
The booking was not proof of a completed plan to kill Samuel, and the authorities treated that question separately.
But it demonstrated how far Logan's thinking had moved from ordinary financial desperation into something deeply disturbing.
He had begun treating the deaths of people close to him as events that could be anticipated, arranged around, and potentially exploited.
When Rebecca explained the emerging evidence, I felt physically sick.
I'd spent years believing Logan was selfish and manipulative.
I hadn't imagined he was capable of planning something like this.
Megan sat beside me while I cried.
“I married him,” I whispered.
She took my hand.