Chapter 5 - Raymond Pike's Office
Police searched Raymond Pike's office.
They found drafts.
Emails.
Notes.
One subject line:
MAYA FITNESS STRATEGY.
I nearly vomited.
Pike claimed he believed Evelyn had legitimate concerns.
Then investigators found his invoices.
She had paid him $180,000.
Far beyond normal estate work.
Some came from accounts linked to Grandpa's stolen money.
Pike's notes outlined a sequence:
Document household instability.
Establish medical negligence.
Secure temporary guardianship.
Petition for expanded custodial authority.
Seek trust distributions for appropriate residence.
Appropriate residence.
Investigators found a proposed purchase.
A $6.8 million lakefront mansion.
Buyer:
Evelyn Mercer, as custodian for Oliver James Mercer.
She planned to use my son's trust to buy herself a mansion.
Suddenly, her obsession with custody became mathematically clear.
But another note bothered me.
D.M. obstacle manageable.
My initials.
What did manageable mean?
Then police discovered a draft separation agreement.
Between Maya and me.
I had never seen it.
Neither had she.
Evelyn planned to destabilize our marriage too.
There were fake messages.
Screenshots.
Supposed conversations showing Maya complaining about me.
Others showing me discussing divorce.
Manufactured.
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She wasn't just taking our child.
She intended to break the parents first.
