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Chapter 9 - The Trap at Cedar Lane

Chapter Goal: Use the recording to force a controlled confrontation and recover the missing laptop.

Micro-Turn: Melanie agrees to meet only after claiming Diane masterminded everything, but Travis arrives with the laptop and tries to destroy it.

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Planted Clue / Foreshadowing: A deleted draft on the laptop contains a script for how each family member should describe Aaron to investigators.

Cliffhanger Cut: A fraud analyst finds a scheduled $185,000 wire to an account opened with Aaron's Social Security number but controlled by someone else.

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