At Mr. Sullivan’s funeral, shock rippled through the congregation when 22‐year-old Alex, clad in a bright green suit, boldly announced that his father was still “alive” in the coffin. The stunned priest ordered him to leave, but Alex persisted, declaring that his father was a fraud.
Flashback: At a birthday celebration for Mr. Sullivan, his odd behavior—expressing gratitude for his family and then abruptly retreating to his office—had unsettled everyone. Later, during a study visit, Alex found his father lying on the floor, trembling near a spilled vial. Rushing him to the hospital, his uncle Carter, a doctor, informed Alex that his father had died from potassium cyanide poisoning. Yet, moments later, the police called with news of a premeditated suicide linked to tax evasion, plunging Alex into confusion.
Determined to uncover the truth, Alex returned home and discovered his father’s secret escape—a hidden apartment filled with his belongings, suggesting a double life. Further investigation led him to an abandoned mansion where he uncovered two bags: one with $3 million, the other with $7 million plus two passports. One passport bore his father’s photo but the name “Alan Parker,” and the other featured an unknown woman, Linda Parker, along with two plane tickets to Miami scheduled after the funeral.
Finally, in a dramatic twist, Alex approached his father’s coffin with a mirror, revealed that his father was breathing, and administered adrenaline, effectively “waking” him. During interrogation, Mr. Sullivan and his brother Carter confessed: Carter had planned to replace the vial with real cyanide to mislead forensic experts, and they had arranged a fake second hearse with Mr. Sullivan’s mistress Linda—intended to facilitate an elaborate cover-up.
The shocking revelations left Alex and the mourners reeling as the tangled web of deception, tax evasion, and a staged death unraveled before their eyes.
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