Earlier that day, the group had come to the conclusion that there was no way anyone in the family could get close enough to Aaron to make this whole case go away. After some thought, I realized there was someone who could, and that someone was me.

Knowing Aaron for years, I knew he had a major hero’s complex. He loved thinking that people needed him to fix things for them, and even more than that, he loved the praises that came along with being the hero. If I played into his ...