There was a photograph and a short letter.
“My daughter,
If you're reading this, I failed to keep the truth buried.
I discovered that Richard Blackwood wasn't acting alone.
Someone inside the Whitmore organization helped him.”
Daniel froze.
“Someone in my family?”
Anna continued reading.
“I couldn't determine who.
But I found proof that the money was being transferred through an account controlled by a trusted executive.”
At the bottom was a name.
Thomas Reed.
Daniel's chief financial officer.
Daniel stared at the paper.
“Thomas has worked for my family for twenty years.”
“Then we need to know why.”
Suddenly, they heard footsteps outside.
The door handle moved.
Daniel quickly turned off the lights.
Someone entered.
A man stood in the darkness.
Daniel recognized him.
Thomas.
Thomas looked around.
“Where is it?”
Anna held her breath.
Thomas searched the room.
Then he made a phone call.
“They found the letter.”
A voice answered.
Thomas whispered,
“Then we have a problem.”
Anna's eyes widened.
Daniel silently recorded everything on his phone.
Thomas left.
They waited several minutes before moving.
Daniel looked at Anna.
“We have enough to expose him.”
“Not yet.”
“Why?”
“Because he isn't the person giving orders.”
Daniel frowned.
“How do you know?”
Anna pointed toward the floor.
Thomas had dropped something.
A business card.
The name on it was Victoria Blackwood.
Daniel stared at the card.
Victoria wasn't just protecting her father.
She was involved.
Maybe she had known everything from the beginning.
And perhaps the humiliation at the gala wasn't about a spilled drink at all.
It had been a warning.
A warning that Anna was getting too close.
But Anna was no longer running.
She looked at Daniel.
“Let's finish this.”
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Daniel nodded.