This was a very enjoyable tale of suspense. I found myself thinking I knew what was in the closet but changing my mind throughout the tale along with second guessing myself. At first, I thought it was a pile of money that perhaps the father thought would best be given when the son was 21 (like many inheritances are set up if a parent dies so the child doesn\'t squander the money before being of an age where they can make more sound decisions). Then I gravitated towards thinking it was the father up there and trying to figure out how the family advisor fit in with the whole secret. I was guessing that he had some sinister involvement and trapped the father up there, writing the letters to the wife and son himself as a forgery.

In the end it was a surprise to me that the family advisor had no role in the trapping of the father in that room.