The Doppelgänger’s Funeral: How a Small-Town Land Appraiser Uncovered His Own Staged Death and Business Partner’s $4.2 Million Scheme
👉 Previous Action: You learned Julian Kildare’s death certificate was filed by Derrick Croft, confirming a systematic identity erasure.
Derrick’s voice grew louder, closer. I heard the distinct thump of his heavy bootsteps climbing the old wooden stairs toward the second-floor hallway where I stood.
My heart thundered in my ears. I spun around, frantically searching for an escape.
The corridor narrowed abruptly, offering only two possible routes before Derrick reached the landing.
To my left, a narrow, unmarked door led downwards, a faint smell of damp concrete wafting from beneath it. To my right, the heavy velvet drapes of the choir loft hung like a dark curtain, overlooking the empty chapel below.
His footsteps were almost at the top of the stairs.
Choose your next action
Slip into the narrow door leading down into the church furnace basement — Read CHAPTER 6 to continue
Duck behind the heavy velvet drapes of the choir loft overlooking the chapel — Read CHAPTER 7 to continue
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