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reporte r’ s name in the sum of two thousand dollars but was never cashed. Kolta n’ s eyes scanned the check for the signature and rested on the handwriting he knew well to be his fathe r’ s.
     
    “ Why would my father pay a reporter two thousand dollars fifteen years ago ? ”
     
    “ Tha t’ s what we want to find out. W e’ re not saying he did anything wrong, we just want to connect the dots so we can close this case . ”
     
    “ Why did n’ t he cash the check? This does n’ t make sense. Two thousand dollars was a lot of money then. Why keep the check ? ”
     
    “ Unless he thought cashing the check would delete any trace of their transaction ,” Sergeant Daniels added.
     
    Koltan squinted his eyes thoughtfully ,“ Would n’ t that imply my father did something wrong ? ”
     
    “ We do n’ t want to assume anything. We are still reading the notebook. W e’ ll keep you informed . ”
     
    He left the police station convinced that something happened fifteen years ago that his father was responsible for. H e’ d heard that the owner of the company at the time committed suicide not long after his father took control.
     
    He wondered if maybe his father was keeping this secret from his past the way he was keeping his health a secret. The old man had ordered his physician to keep the diagnosis away from his family. The doctor was concerned that soon Harmon would be in no condition to do anything for himself or think clearly for that matter, so that was the reason he told Koltan about the disease. It was one of the rarest diseases in the world called Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease which cripples the nervous system really fast. The symptoms were indicating rapid degeneration of his brain cells.
     
    As he made his way home, he was tempted to call Victoria again but thought better of it. Too many things were on his mind after talking to the police. He wondered what drove the reporter to suicide and what happened to Fische r’ s family fifteen years ago. The thought crossed his mind that Harmon was behind the losses the company had and tha t’ s why he bought the stock so he could take over.
     
    “ No, my father is n’ t that stupid. Tha t’ s fraud. No, there must be another explanation . ”
     
    He was almost home when he made call to an old college friend ,“ Hey Bob, ho w’ s it going ? ”
     
    “ Grey, is that you ?” Bob sounded happy to hear his frien d’ s voice
     
    “ Yeah, i t’ s me. Do you still like to do that PI thing like when you were in college ?” Koltan asked.
     
    “ Have n’ t done anything like that since graduation man. Been busy, but I can make an exception . ”
     
    “ I need you to find out all you can about Edward Fischer, his family, relations, siblings, friends, anything you can find . ”
     
    “ Fischer? You mean the guy who founded your company? Did n’ t he commit suicide ?” Bob asked.
     
    “ Yes, tha t’ s why I need the info. I t’ s time we gave the founder the credit her deserves. We need to find his family so we can make them a part of the company again ,” he hated lying but he could not tell his friend that he suspected his father of having something to do with the tragic events of the past.
     
    “ I t’ s gonna take a while, maybe a few weeks ,” Bob told him.
     
    “ No problem and I’ ll compensate you well. Thanks man . ”
     
    They chatted about old times for a while before hanging up. The more Koltan thought about it, the more he was convinced that something was n’ t right.
     

Chapter Five
     
    He was out of the office all day and now there he stood, waiting for her in front of her apartment, wearing a pair of black jeans and dark blue t-shirt. She decided to ignore him. How dare he just show up after leaving her for days, not calling and going AWOL the day she returned? She walked past him and pretended not to see him.
     
    “ Victoria, I know you saw me ,” Koltan walked up behind her .“ You ca n’ t ignore me .