Rebecca laughed softly.
“Most truth is.”
Then she placed a photocopy on the table.
“There’s another complication.”
I stared at the document.
It was a payment authorization.
Victor Lane’s signature appeared at the bottom.
Above it was an approval from an outside financial consultant.
I recognized the signature immediately.
Thomas Vance.
My husband had approved one of the hidden transfers.
Julian read it too.
The room became silent.
He looked at me.
“Mom…”
For months, we had believed Thomas had been investigating the secret fund.
Now a piece of paper suggested something else entirely.
He had helped create it.
Part 5 — The Things We Leave Behind
The hardest discoveries about someone you love are rarely the discoveries that make them monstrous.
Those are simple.
You reject monsters.
You condemn them.
You close the door.
The harder discoveries are the ones that leave the person recognizable.
Thomas’s signature was unmistakable.
