Secrets in Suburbia by Melody Calder

Author:Melody Calder [Calder, Melody]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Monday morning, I fly through my work, the comfort of the searches keeping my nerves at bay. Rich is coming home tonight, his “flight” arriving this morning, and then he will be heading to the office. At least that’s the story he tells me.

With nothing left to do, I decide to try the elusive debtor again. I open up the file marked “Johnson, Michael J.”. His name is so common that he’s near impossible to find. He hasn’t used his social security number, driver’s license, opened any accounts, or bought any real estate in his name in years. Two years to be exact. It’s almost like he fell off the face of the earth. My bet is that he had a new identity made. I’ve reached out to a few contacts in that field, but I know they aren’t going to give up any information, even if they have it. At least I can say that I tried all avenues.

It would be much easier if I had a photo of him, but those are all gone as well. He has millions in unpaid debt between the medical bills and the various companies he owes. When he closed up shop, leaving a lot of people unpaid, he also cleared out all web pages related to his business. He has literally disappeared. I’ve been concentrating on looking at all the construction companies in the area hoping to get a hit on one of them. Through the years, I’ve learned that most people don’t change careers just because they are trying to avoid a debt collector.

Once I resign myself to the fact that I’m getting nowhere with this case, I decide to finally look up Jake and Victoria’s information.

First up is their home. I pull up the records. “That’s strange,” I double check the address is correct. It is, but it makes no sense. The home is under the name of Victoria Johnson. I could have sworn she introduced herself as Victoria Taylor. Maybe that’s her maiden name. And why isn’t Jake’s name on there? Maybe this is one of the reasons he can’t divorce her; the house is in her name. I have so many questions. Maybe the background check will give me some answers.

I look at the clock and realize that I’ve spent too much time working. I need to prepare for Rich’s arrival.

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